Alek
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Alek is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Alek mean?
Greek
A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Alec.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alek a girl's or a boy's name?
Alek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alek in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Alek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Alek, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,518th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 154 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer boys named Alek than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Alek in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 79 | #1,970 |
| 2023 | 102 | #1,668 |
| 2022 | 95 | #1,750 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,518 |
| 2019 | 113 | #1,507 |
| 2018 | 110 | #1,539 |
| 2017 | 108 | #1,525 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,501 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,305 |
| 2012 | 134 | #1,295 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,170 |
| 2010 | 136 | #1,278 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,331 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,271 |
| 2007 | 154 | #1,152 |
| 2006 | 153 | #1,127 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,288 |
| 2004 | 136 | #1,151 |
| 2003 | 132 | #1,140 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,138 |
| 2001 | 148 | #1,009 |
| 2000 | 154 | #971 |
| 1999 | 154 | #942 |
| 1998 | 133 | #1,014 |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,113 |
| 1996 | 135 | #953 |
| 1995 | 131 | #965 |
| 1994 | 138 | #932 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,114 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,258 |
| 1991 | 89 | #1,164 |
| 1990 | 62 | #1,415 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,471 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
Names like Alek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Musa Abdullah Amir Ibrahim Lucas Austin Hamza Yahya Ali Mustafa
Names related to Alek
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alek, updated 20 October 2026.