Alek Boy
How popular is Alek?
#2,604 boy name in 2025
50 baby boys were named Alek in the US in 2025, making it the 2604th most popular boy name.
Alek popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,604 for boys (▼ 634 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 50 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,317 in 2015, #1,518 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (154 boys) |
| Highest rank | #932 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alek counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alec family of names ranked #804 for boys in 2025 (#695 the year before), with 284 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alec | 234 | 82% |
| Alek | 50 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alek is most popular
Babies named Alek per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (94 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (83 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
Alek by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #2,542 |
| 1920s | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1970s | 25 | #3,214 |
| 1980s | 198 | #1,471 |
| 1990s | 1,136 | #932 |
| 2000s | 1,388 | #971 |
| 2010s | 1,257 | #1,170 |
| 2020s | 537 | #1,518 |
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Questions
- Is Alek a boy or girl name?
- Alek is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Alek were boys.
- How popular is the name Alek?
- 50 baby boys were named Alek in the US in 2025, making it the 2604th most popular boy name.
- When was Alek most popular?
- Alek peaked in 1999, when 154 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #932 in 1994.
- How many people are named Alek?
- 4,649 babies have been named Alek in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,550 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Alek most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alek was most common in Arizona, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.