Alec

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a shortened form of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Alec first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1998 with 186 babies (rank #160 that year). In 2024 it was given to 48 boys (rank #576). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alec

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alec yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,566
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
186
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199154#402
199281#318
199392#295
1994108#239
1995123#240
1996160#196
1997184#165
1998186#160
1999151#189
2000127#206
2001138#192
2002121#221
2003115#232
200499#266
2005116#243
2006100#290
200798#302
200895#325
2009111#282
201084#356
201197#317
2012112#289
2013117#284
2014117#294
201583#373
2016110#313
201797#341
201899#329
201983#378
202083#375
202172#411
202255#512
202350#549
202448#576