# Alek (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alek/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,649 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,563 / 86 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 126, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | 11,783 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,490 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,493 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,541 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,662 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,721 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,480 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13,782 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16,889 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,675 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,148 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,233 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,516 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,420 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 152 | 1,170 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,295 |
| 2013 | 132 | 1,305 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1,363 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,317 |
| 2016 | 113 | 1,501 |
| 2017 | 108 | 1,525 |
| 2018 | 110 | 1,539 |
| 2019 | 113 | 1,507 |
| 2020 | 110 | 1,518 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,646 |
| 2022 | 95 | 1,751 |
| 2023 | 102 | 1,669 |
| 2024 | 79 | 1,970 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,604 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |

## People named Alek

- Alek Keshishian, American film director
- Alek Sandar, Bulgarian singer, songwriter, music producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.