Alec
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · #977 for boys in 2025, 234 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 3,322 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 55,152since 1880
Alec over time
Rank among boys' names. Alec has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #977 | 234 | |
| 2024 | — | #880 | 274 | |
| 2023 | — | #841 | 290 | |
| 2022 | — | #745 | 346 | |
| 2021 | — | #682 | 390 | |
| 2020 | — | #588 | 470 | |
| 2019 | — | #543 | 518 | |
| 2018 | — | #539 | 521 | |
| 2017 | — | #506 | 575 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #492 | 617 |
| 2015 | — | #456 | 665 | |
| 2014 | — | #467 | 624 | |
| 2013 | — | #453 | 626 | |
| 2012 | — | #449 | 606 | |
| 2011 | — | #421 | 659 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #417 | 669 |
| 2009 | — | #406 | 730 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #389 | 774 |
| 2007 | — | #363 | 872 | |
| 2006 | — | #329 | 982 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #292 | 1,127 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #246 | 1,333 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #226 | 1,526 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #206 | 1,749 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #173 | 2,155 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #156 | 2,479 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #132 | 2,892 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #112 | 3,356 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #123 | 3,137 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #117 | 3,308 |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 | #112 | 3,420 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #109 | 3,322 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #154 | 2,090 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #172 | 1,866 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #199 | 1,539 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #271 | 978 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #371 | 603 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | #438 | 426 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #413 | 446 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #447 | 377 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #514 | 290 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #547 | 252 |
| 1983 | — | #601 | 203 | |
| 1982 | — | #717 | 147 | |
| 1981 | — | #760 | 131 | |
| 1980 | — | #782 | 125 | |
| 1979 | — | #917 | 91 | |
| 1978 | — | #877 | 96 | |
| 1977 | — | #873 | 94 | |
| 1976 | — | #845 | 97 | |
| 1975 | — | #916 | 80 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,065 | 60 | |
| 1973 | — | #860 | 85 | |
| 1972 | — | #856 | 88 | |
| 1971 | — | #786 | 105 | |
| 1970 | — | #796 | 105 | |
| 1969 | — | #797 | 94 | |
| 1968 | — | #748 | 98 | |
| 1967 | — | #761 | 93 | |
| 1966 | — | #683 | 117 | |
| 1965 | — | #692 | 116 | |
| 1964 | — | #722 | 114 | |
| 1963 | — | #863 | 76 | |
| 1962 | — | #879 | 75 | |
| 1961 | — | #797 | 91 | |
| 1960 | — | #764 | 100 | |
| 1959 | — | #766 | 99 | |
| 1958 | — | #835 | 81 | |
| 1957 | — | #861 | 76 | |
| 1956 | — | #865 | 75 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,022 | 54 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,151 | 42 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,015 | 51 | |
| 1952 | — | #836 | 70 | |
| 1951 | — | #943 | 55 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #946 | 53 | |
| 1948 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1947 | — | #831 | 70 | |
| 1946 | — | #911 | 53 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,091 | 36 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,031 | 38 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,243 | 28 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,422 | 23 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,173 | 32 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,159 | 32 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,151 | 37 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,211 | 35 | |
| 1927 | — | #937 | 54 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #924 | 53 | |
| 1924 | — | #993 | 50 | |
| 1923 | — | #913 | 56 | |
| 1922 | — | #891 | 60 | |
| 1921 | — | #825 | 69 | |
| 1920 | — | #816 | 67 | |
| 1919 | — | #850 | 60 | |
| 1918 | — | #855 | 59 | |
| 1917 | — | #749 | 69 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #804 | 57 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #777 | 37 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,000 | 21 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alec was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Alec
- 97 spots since 2024 (#880 → #977)
- 389 spots since 2020 (#588 → #977)
- 521 spots since 2015 (#456 → #977)
- Biggest jump: 438 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #641)
- Biggest drop: 412 spots in 1906 (#699 → #1,111)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1994 at #109 (3,322 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1975–2025
- Highest: 1 in 557 boys born in 1995 were named Alec (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,299 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #109 in 1994, was only 1 in 582 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 47.0% of all boys named Alec (25,908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | #571 (1880) | #761 |
| 1890s | 61 | #603 (1890) | #912 |
| 1900s | 104 | #612 (1904) | #824 |
| 1910s | 419 | #707 (1910) | #844 |
| 1920s | 513 | #816 (1920) | #999 |
| 1930s | 299 | #1,031 (1937) | #1,242 |
| 1940s | 443 | #831 (1947) | #1,036 |
| 1950s | 653 | #766 (1959) | #927 |
| 1960s | 974 | #683 (1966) | #771 |
| 1970s | 901 | #786 (1971) | #879 |
| 1980s | 3,000 | #371 (1989) | #559 |
| 1990s | 25,908 | #109 (1994) | #150 |
| 2000s | 13,727 | #156 (2000) | #279 |
| 2010s | 6,080 | #417 (2010) | #474 |
| 2020s | 2,004 | #588 (2020) | #786 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alec in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 245,833 of them was named Alec, which outranked 33.5% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,563Yumiko8
- #7,563Zeina8
- #7,563Zuleika8
- #8,318Alec7
- #8,318Aaren7
- #8,318Abrianna7
- #8,318Adah7
- #9,307Abi6
- #9,307Adaline6
- #9,307Adana6
Tied with 988 names at #8,318; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 6,373 of them was named Alec, which outranked 93.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.