Meaning not yet researched.
Alec: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 234 in 2025. Its best rank was #109 in 1994.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #109 in 1994; #977 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Alec in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#977 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1994, at #109.
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Alec: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 234 boys in 2025. Peak: #109 in 1994 · most boys in one year: 3,420 (1995).
In 2025, 234 US boys were named Alec, making it the 977th most common boys’ name of the year, down 97 places from #880 in 2024. That is 40 fewer than the 274 boys named Alec in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #109, reached in 1994. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,420, in 1995. For comparison, it was #456 in 2015 and #977 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alec in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 11 babies. In all, 55,489 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 26,122 babies named Alec.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,235 US boys were named Alec; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 617. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,299 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alec ranked highest in Oklahoma in 2025, at #505 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Alice (590,106 babies since 1880), Alyce (17,539 babies since 1880) and Alek (4,649 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Alok, Alyk and Allec are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Alok (212), Alyk (27), Allec (21), Aleq (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Alec in the open dataset we use.
Alec is listed as a nickname for Alexander.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 8 | #505 | — |
| Arizona | 10 | #637 | #437 |
| California | 39 | #699 | #387 |
| Texas | 36 | #749 | #418 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #786 | #602 |
| Florida | 17 | #847 | #447 |
| Illinois | 9 | #871 | #451 |
| Virginia | 7 | #876 | #541 |
| New York | 13 | #951 | #699 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,001 | #392 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,003 | #496 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,025 | #623 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,113 | #476 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,283 | #506 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,354 | #786 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 234 | #977 |
| 2024 | — | — | 274 | #880 |
| 2023 | — | — | 290 | #841 |
| 2022 | — | — | 346 | #745 |
| 2021 | — | — | 390 | #682 |
| 2020 | — | — | 470 | #588 |
| 2019 | — | — | 518 | #543 |
| 2018 | — | — | 521 | #539 |
| 2017 | — | — | 575 | #506 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,426 | 617 | #492 |
| 2015 | — | — | 665 | #456 |
| 2014 | — | — | 624 | #467 |
| 2013 | — | — | 626 | #453 |
| 2012 | — | — | 606 | #449 |
| 2011 | — | — | 659 | #421 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,130 | 669 | #417 |
| 2009 | — | — | 730 | #406 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,478 | 774 | #389 |
| 2007 | — | — | 872 | #363 |
| 2006 | — | — | 982 | #329 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,073 | 1,127 | #292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,208 | 1,333 | #246 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,703 | 1,526 | #226 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,661 | 1,749 | #206 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,779 | 2,155 | #173 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,912 | 2,479 | #156 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,254 | 2,892 | #132 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,639 | 3,356 | #112 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,496 | 3,137 | #123 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,311 | 3,308 | #117 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,090 | 3,420 | #112 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,894 | 3,322 | #109 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,101 | 2,090 | #154 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,014 | 1,866 | #172 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,814 | 1,539 | #199 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,554 | 978 | #271 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,841 | 603 | #371 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,655 | 426 | #438 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,795 | 446 | #413 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,568 | 377 | #447 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,341 | 290 | #514 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,162 | 252 | #547 |
| 1983 | — | — | 203 | #601 |
| 1982 | — | — | 147 | #717 |
| 1981 | — | — | 131 | #760 |
| 1980 | — | — | 125 | #782 |
| 1979 | — | — | 91 | #917 |
| 1978 | — | — | 96 | #877 |
| 1977 | — | — | 94 | #873 |
| 1976 | — | — | 97 | #845 |
| 1975 | — | — | 80 | #916 |
| 1974 | — | — | 60 | #1,066 |
| 1973 | — | — | 85 | #860 |
| 1972 | — | — | 88 | #856 |
| 1971 | — | — | 105 | #786 |
| 1970 | — | — | 105 | #796 |
| 1969 | — | — | 94 | #797 |
| 1968 | — | — | 98 | #748 |
| 1967 | — | — | 93 | #761 |
| 1966 | — | — | 117 | #683 |
| 1965 | — | — | 116 | #692 |
| 1964 | — | — | 114 | #722 |
| 1963 | — | — | 76 | #863 |
| 1962 | — | — | 75 | #879 |
| 1961 | — | — | 91 | #797 |
| 1960 | — | — | 100 | #764 |
| 1959 | — | — | 99 | #766 |
| 1958 | — | — | 81 | #835 |
| 1957 | — | — | 76 | #861 |
| 1956 | — | — | 75 | #865 |
| 1955 | — | — | 54 | #1,023 |
| 1954 | — | — | 42 | #1,151 |
| 1953 | — | — | 51 | #1,015 |
| 1952 | — | — | 70 | #836 |
| 1951 | — | — | 55 | #943 |
| 1950 | — | — | 50 | #977 |
| 1949 | — | — | 53 | #946 |
| 1948 | — | — | 56 | #923 |
| 1947 | — | — | 70 | #831 |
| 1946 | — | — | 53 | #912 |
| 1945 | — | — | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1944 | — | — | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1943 | — | — | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1942 | — | — | 39 | #1,090 |
| 1941 | — | — | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1940 | — | — | 32 | #1,183 |
| 1939 | — | — | 30 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | — | — | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,032 |
| 1936 | — | — | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1935 | — | — | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1934 | — | — | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1933 | — | — | 32 | #1,160 |
| 1932 | — | — | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1931 | — | — | 21 | #1,539 |
| 1930 | — | — | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1929 | — | — | 26 | #1,414 |
| 1928 | — | — | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | — | — | 54 | #939 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1925 | — | — | 53 | #924 |
| 1924 | — | — | 50 | #993 |
| 1923 | — | — | 56 | #913 |
| 1922 | — | — | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | — | — | 69 | #825 |
| 1920 | — | — | 67 | #816 |
| 1919 | — | — | 60 | #850 |
| 1918 | — | — | 59 | #856 |
| 1917 | — | — | 69 | #749 |
| 1916 | — | — | 36 | #1,072 |
| 1915 | — | — | 57 | #804 |
| 1914 | — | — | 47 | #770 |
| 1913 | — | — | 37 | #777 |
| 1912 | — | — | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #857 |
| 1910 | — | — | 18 | #708 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #880 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #817 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,114 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #700 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #912 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #795 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,059 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #650 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,055 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #943 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,082 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #956 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,039 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,068 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #842 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #603 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #928 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #963 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #767 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #894 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #693 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #708 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #571 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).