first name
ALEC
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 49,538 people named Alec, 74.2% reported their origin as White, 15% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as two or more races. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alec peaked in 1995, when 3,457 babies got the name.
At least 55,489 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Alec by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #258. The largest share of babies named Alec, 45.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Alec is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alec has been most common in Nevada (2.2×), Utah (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.22×).
50,539 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Alec
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alec, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alec ranks #126,357 of 156,621, with 142 people. See Alec as a last name
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