Elek
Boy · EH-lek · Greek
Elek is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender, helper”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Elek mean?
Greek: Hungarian form of Alexius (Alexis)
“defender, helper”
Hungarian form of Alexius, from the Greek root also found in Alexander.
- Say it
- EH-lek
Is Elek a girl's or a boy's name?
Elek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Elek, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer boys named Elek than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Elek in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
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