Aleka — girls' name
220 babies named Aleka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
220 girls have been named Aleka since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2018.
- 220
- total births
- 1975–2018
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Aleka was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Aleka in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aleka
The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Aleka between 1975 and 2018, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aleka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aleka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aleka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aleka 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 220 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.
Aleka at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aleka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1975
- Peak year (2010)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
220 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 12 births in a single year.
Aleka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 75 births that decade — 34% of Aleka's all-time total
Aleka decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Aleka's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.