Aleka
Girl · ah-LEH-kah · Greek
Aleka is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aleka mean?
Greek: Greek pet form of Alexandra
“defender of men”
Greek short form of Alexandra, the feminine of Alexander.
- Say it
- ah-LEH-kah
Is Aleka a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleka is a girls' name.
How popular is Aleka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Aleka in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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