Aleck
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,223since 1884
Aleck over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Aleck has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #3,497 | 30 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #3,384 | 31 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Aleck! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest drop: 61 spots in 1887 (#758 → #819)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1886–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,797
- Highest: 1 in 15,797 boys born in 1889 were named Aleck (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #758 in 1886, was only 1 in 15,826 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 19.8% of all boys named Aleck (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #758 (1886) | #834 |
| 1890s | 5 | #963 (1891) | #963 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 186 | #1,153 (1914) | #1,462 |
| 1920s | 188 | #1,416 (1920) | #1,898 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,609 (1930) | #3,256 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,919 (1946) | #3,055 |
| 1950s | 31 | #2,709 (1953) | #3,464 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,282 (1964) | #3,464 |
| 1970s | 21 | #4,375 (1971) | #5,376 |
| 1980s | 31 | #4,573 (1987) | #6,103 |
| 1990s | 154 | #2,981 (1997) | #3,976 |
| 2000s | 242 | #2,931 (2001) | #3,952 |
| 2010s | 203 | #3,497 (2013) | #4,801 |
| 2020s | 57 | #5,451 (2020) | #7,423 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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