Alek
#1,829 most common boys' name of all time · #4,413 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#1,829
Rank overall
#4,413 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
4,649
Since 2016
999
Peak year
2007 #1,154
Best rank
#938 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 162/yr
Alek first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,609 |
| 2024 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,972 |
| 2023 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,670 |
| 2022 | 5 | 95 | 100 | #1,754 |
| 2021 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,648 |
| 2020 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,522 |
| 2019 | 7 | 113 | 120 | #1,508 |
| 2018 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,541 |
| 2017 | 6 | 108 | 114 | #1,525 |
| 2016 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,503 |
| 2015 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | 125 | 132 | #1,366 |
| 2013 | 6 | 132 | 138 | #1,306 |
| 2012 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,296 |
| 2011 | 5 | 152 | 157 | #1,171 |
| 2010 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,278 |
| 2009 | 7 | 130 | 137 | #1,335 |
| 2008 | 6 | 137 | 143 | #1,274 |
| 2007 | 8 | 154 | 162 | #1,154 |
| 2006 | 7 | 153 | 160 | #1,128 |
| 2005 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,291 |
| 2004 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,155 |
| 2003 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,144 |
| 2002 | 5 | 125 | 130 | #1,141 |
| 2001 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,011 |
| 2000 | — | 154 | 154 | #973 |
| 1999 | — | 154 | 154 | #944 |
| 1998 | 6 | 133 | 139 | #1,020 |
| 1997 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,118 |
| 1996 | — | 135 | 135 | #956 |
| 1995 | — | 131 | 131 | #968 |
| 1994 | 5 | 138 | 143 | #938 |
| 1993 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,126 |
| 1992 | 6 | 80 | 86 | #1,268 |
| 1991 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,174 |
| 1990 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,421 |
| 1989 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,484 |
| 1988 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,828 |
| 1987 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,357 |
| 1986 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,460 |
| 1985 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,985 |
| 1984 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,775 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,607 |
| 1982 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,541 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,493 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,078 |
| 1978 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,281 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,057 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,324 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,783 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,515 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,720 |