How rare is the name Alek?

4,344 people in the United States have the first name Alek, about 1 in 69,528. It ranks #4,340 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALEK

#4,340

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,344
About
1 in 69,528
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,344 people named Alek, 59.3% reported their origin as White, 29% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as two or more races. 96.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alek peaked in 2007, when 162 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
162
In 2025*
50 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,649 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Alek by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,454. The largest share of babies named Alek, 48.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#9,01415
1920s#12,7817
1970s#15,75425
1980s#6,417198
1990s#2,4541,153
2000s#2,6021,421
2010s#3,0031,288
2020s#3,804542
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–9620.2%
Generation Z 1997–1248.5%
2013 and later30.2%

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 Alek is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alek has been most common in Arizona (5.7×), Texas (3.1×), and California (2.9×), and least common in New York (0.38×).

2,409 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.

Exactly as common as Alek

1 other first name also has 4,344 people.

#4,340 Avah · 4,344

Either side of Alek

#4,337 Stefano · 4,356#4,339 Karlene · 4,350#4,340 Avah · 4,344#4,342 Franklyn · 4,343

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alek, most common first.

#127 Alex · 373,467#911 Alec · 49,538#9,476 Alok · 1,464#12,003 Aleks · 1,051#15,138 Aleck · 765#18,286 Alik · 591#26,023 Ales · 361#30,390 Aleka · 287

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