NameTides

Alec

Alec was the #977 boys' name in the US in 2025 (234 babies), and #1,007 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Alec as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alec as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Alec as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#977 (234)#1,007 (30)#495 (6)—#829 (3)#555 (52)
2024#880 (274)#945 (33)#535 (5)—#785 (3)#567 (48)
2023#841 (290)#738 (45)#533 (5)——#545 (50)
2022#745 (346)#646 (54)#703 (3)—#454 (7)#498 (56)
2021#682 (390)#659 (55)#437 (7)—#755 (3)#412 (72)
2020#588 (470)#706 (47)#390 (8)—#342 (12)#374 (83)
2019#543 (518)#552 (68)#334 (10)—#352 (11)#375 (83)
2018#539 (521)#711 (48)#704 (3)—#749 (3)#324 (100)
2017#506 (575)#628 (57)#733 (3)#318 (5)#495 (6)#340 (97)
2016#492 (617)#571 (65)#707 (3)#421 (3)#713 (3)#314 (110)
2015#456 (665)#702 (47)#470 (6)#415 (3)#503 (6)#373 (83)
2014#467 (624)#632 (54)#533 (5)—#428 (8)#290 (118)
2013#453 (626)#611 (56)#590 (4)#398 (3)#534 (5)#288 (114)
2012#449 (606)#654 (52)—#403 (3)#457 (7)#295 (109)
2011#421 (659)#580 (60)——#623 (4)#318 (96)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #112.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alec is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alec by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #699CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #846FL
Alec (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#23123
Ontario2024#90712

Alec (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlecCanadaBoys#55552
AlecEngland & WalesBoys#1,00730
AlecIrelandBoys#8293
AlecNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlecNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlecScotlandBoys#4956
AlecUSGirls—too few
AlecUSBoys#977234