Alek
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #2,604 for boys in 2025, 50 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 138 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,563since 1916
Alek over time
Rank among boys' names. Alek has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,604 | 50 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,970 | 79 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,668 | 102 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #1,750 | 95 |
| 2021 | — | #1,645 | 101 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,518 | 110 | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #1,507 | 113 |
| 2018 | — | #1,539 | 110 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,525 | 108 |
| 2016 | — | #1,501 | 113 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,317 | 134 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,362 | 125 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #1,305 | 132 |
| 2012 | — | #1,295 | 134 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,170 | 152 |
| 2010 | — | #1,278 | 136 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,331 | 130 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,271 | 137 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #1,152 | 154 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #1,127 | 153 |
| 2005 | — | #1,289 | 119 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,152 | 136 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,141 | 132 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,139 | 125 |
| 2001 | — | #1,010 | 148 | |
| 2000 | — | #973 | 154 | |
| 1999 | — | #944 | 154 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,017 | 133 |
| 1997 | — | #1,116 | 113 | |
| 1996 | — | #955 | 135 | |
| 1995 | — | #968 | 131 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #935 | 138 |
| 1993 | — | #1,118 | 101 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #1,262 | 80 |
| 1991 | — | #1,170 | 89 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,420 | 62 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,476 | 56 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,815 | 37 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,429 | 22 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
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| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
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| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Alek! It came in at #2,543, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alek is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#652 · 1 in 4,519
- Indiana#705 · 1 in 5,093
- Arizona#705 · 1 in 5,256
- California#856 · 1 in 8,408
- Texas#1,056 · 1 in 10,603
Best ever in a state: #296 in Minnesota, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #652 | 6 | 1 in 4,519 |
| Arizona | #705 | 7 | 1 in 5,256 |
| Indiana | #705 | 7 | 1 in 5,093 |
| California | #856 | 27 | 1 in 8,408 |
| Texas | #1,056 | 17 | 1 in 10,603 |
| Ohio | #1,181 | 5 | 1 in 11,934 |
| Florida | #1,615 | 5 | 1 in 18,680 |
| New York | #1,761 | 5 | 1 in 20,496 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alek
- 634 spots since 2024 (#1,970 → #2,604)
- 1,086 spots since 2020 (#1,518 → #2,604)
- 1,287 spots since 2015 (#1,317 → #2,604)
- Biggest jump: 183 spots in 1994 (#1,118 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1997 (#955 → #1,116)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1994 at #935 (138 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1994–1996
- Highest: 1 in 12,469 boys born in 1999 were named Alek (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #935 in 1994, was only 1 in 14,000 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.4% of all boys named Alek (1,388) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #2,543 (1916) | #3,356 |
| 1920s | 7 | #3,517 (1921) | #3,517 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 25 | #3,215 (1978) | #4,086 |
| 1980s | 198 | #1,476 (1989) | #3,388 |
| 1990s | 1,136 | #935 (1994) | #1,091 |
| 2000s | 1,388 | #973 (2000) | #1,159 |
| 2010s | 1,257 | #1,170 (2011) | #1,380 |
| 2020s | 537 | #1,518 (2020) | #1,859 |
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.
Alek in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 292,458 of them was named Alek, which outranked 24.4% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #13,150Zyara7
- #13,150Zyia7
- #13,150Zykira7
- #14,582Alek6
- #14,582Aadi6
- #14,582Aaditri6
- #14,582Aadvika6
- #16,547Aadrika5
- #16,547Aahna5
- #16,547Aalanah5
Tied with 1,964 names at #14,582; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 14,330 of them was named Alek, which outranked 90.7% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,297Raheem133
- #1,297Tayden133
- #1,297Yaseen133
- #1,305Alek132
- #1,305Alistair132
- #1,305Bernardo132
- #1,305Bodie132
- #1,315Andreas131
- #1,315Anish131
- #1,315Brandt131
Tied with 9 names at #1,305; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.