Alec — #879 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alec

The Social Security Administration has registered 54,916 babies named Alec between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alec currently holds the #879 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 3,420 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alec performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 25,908 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Alec shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,812 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alec in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alec in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 54,916 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.