NameTides

Alek

Alek was the #2,604 boys' name in the US in 2025 (50 babies), and #1,718 in Canada.

Alek as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alek as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Alek as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,604 (50)——#1,718 (12)
2024#1,970 (79)#2,444 (9)—#1,089 (22)
2023#1,668 (102)#3,113 (6)—#1,015 (23)
2022#1,750 (95)#3,049 (6)#779 (3)#670 (39)
2021#1,645 (101)#2,730 (7)—#662 (41)
2020#1,518 (110)#2,228 (9)—#716 (35)
2019#1,507 (113)#2,104 (10)—#516 (54)
2018#1,539 (110)#2,445 (8)—#675 (38)
2017#1,525 (108)#4,812 (3)—#608 (43)
2016#1,501 (113)#1,804 (13)—#447 (66)
2015#1,317 (134)#2,150 (10)—#445 (66)
2014#1,362 (125)#2,690 (7)—#489 (59)
2013#1,305 (132)#3,315 (5)—#507 (54)
2012#1,295 (134)#3,039 (6)—#557 (47)
2011#1,170 (152)#3,830 (4)—#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #944.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 2022, 5% of US babies named Alek were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 34,000 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 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alek is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 33,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 49,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alek by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alek (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#5138

Alek (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
AlekCanadaBoys#1,71812
AlekEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AlekIrelandBoys—too few
AlekNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlekUSGirls—too few
AlekUSBoys#2,60450