Alec is an established boys' name that peaked in 1995 and has since faded.
Alec is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #977 for boy births in the United States (and #1,998 across all names), given to 234 babies. Alec first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1995 (3,420 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 234 | 234 | — | #977 |
| 2024 | 274 | 274 | — | #880 |
| 2023 | 290 | 290 | — | #841 |
| 2022 | 346 | 346 | — | #745 |
| 2021 | 390 | 390 | — | #682 |
| 2020 | 470 | 470 | — | #588 |
| 2019 | 518 | 518 | — | #543 |
| 2018 | 521 | 521 | — | #539 |
| 2017 | 575 | 575 | — | #506 |
| 2016 | 623 | 629 | #14,426 | #492 |
| 2015 | 665 | 670 | — | #456 |
| 2014 | 624 | 630 | — | #467 |
| 2013 | 626 | 626 | — | #453 |
| 2012 | 606 | 611 | — | #449 |
| 2011 | 659 | 659 | — | #421 |
| 2010 | 674 | 674 | #17,130 | #417 |
| 2009 | 730 | 730 | — | #406 |
| 2008 | 780 | 780 | #15,478 | #389 |
| 2007 | 872 | 872 | — | #363 |
| 2006 | 982 | 982 | — | #329 |
| 2005 | 1,134 | 1,134 | #13,073 | #292 |
| 2004 | 1,338 | 1,338 | #16,208 | #246 |
| 2003 | 1,536 | 1,536 | #9,703 | #226 |
| 2002 | 1,755 | 1,755 | #13,661 | #206 |
| 2001 | 2,166 | 2,173 | #8,779 | #173 |
| 2000 | 2,488 | 2,488 | #9,912 | #156 |
| 1999 | 2,905 | 2,910 | #7,254 | #132 |
| 1998 | 3,379 | 3,384 | #4,639 | #112 |
| 1997 | 3,151 | — | #6,496 | #123 |
| 1996 | 3,332 | — | #4,311 | #117 |
| 1995 | 3,457 | — | #3,090 | #112 |
| 1994 | 3,349 | — | #3,894 | #109 |
| 1993 | 2,115 | — | #4,101 | #154 |
| 1992 | 1,881 | — | #6,014 | #172 |
| 1991 | 1,559 | — | #4,814 | #199 |
| 1990 | 994 | — | #5,554 | #271 |
| 1989 | 617 | — | #5,841 | #371 |
| 1988 | 444 | — | #4,655 | #438 |
| 1987 | 453 | — | #8,795 | #413 |
| 1986 | 383 | — | #9,568 | #447 |
| 1985 | 297 | — | #8,341 | #514 |
| 1984 | 258 | — | #9,162 | #547 |
| 1983 | 203 | — | — | #601 |
| 1982 | 147 | — | — | #717 |
| 1981 | 131 | — | — | #760 |
| 1980 | 125 | — | — | #782 |
| 1979 | 91 | — | — | #917 |
| 1978 | 96 | — | — | #877 |
| 1977 | 94 | — | — | #873 |
| 1976 | 97 | — | — | #845 |
| 1975 | 80 | — | — | #916 |
| 1974 | 60 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1973 | 85 | — | — | #860 |
| 1972 | 88 | — | — | #856 |
| 1971 | 105 | — | — | #786 |
| 1970 | 105 | — | — | #796 |
| 1969 | 94 | — | — | #797 |
| 1968 | 98 | — | — | #748 |
| 1967 | 93 | — | — | #761 |
| 1966 | 117 | — | — | #683 |
| 1965 | 116 | — | — | #692 |
| 1964 | 114 | — | — | #722 |
| 1963 | 76 | — | — | #863 |
| 1962 | 75 | — | — | #879 |
| 1961 | 91 | — | — | #797 |
| 1960 | 100 | — | — | #764 |
| 1959 | 99 | — | — | #766 |
| 1958 | 81 | — | — | #835 |
| 1957 | 76 | — | — | #861 |
| 1956 | 75 | — | — | #865 |
| 1955 | 54 | — | — | #1,023 |
| 1954 | 42 | — | — | #1,151 |
| 1953 | 51 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1952 | 70 | — | — | #836 |
| 1951 | 55 | — | — | #943 |
| 1950 | 50 | — | — | #977 |
| 1949 | 53 | — | — | #946 |
| 1948 | 56 | — | — | #923 |
| 1947 | 70 | — | — | #831 |
| 1946 | 53 | — | — | #912 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1944 | 34 | — | — | #1,135 |
| 1943 | 34 | — | — | #1,170 |
| 1942 | 39 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1941 | 36 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1939 | 30 | — | — | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 25 | — | — | #1,337 |
| 1937 | 38 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1936 | 28 | — | — | #1,243 |
| 1935 | 23 | — | — | #1,422 |
| 1934 | 32 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1933 | 32 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1932 | 33 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1931 | 21 | — | — | #1,539 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | — | #1,151 |
| 1929 | 26 | — | — | #1,414 |
| 1928 | 35 | — | — | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 54 | — | — | #939 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 53 | — | — | #924 |
| 1924 | 50 | — | — | #993 |
| 1923 | 56 | — | — | #913 |
| 1922 | 60 | — | — | #891 |
| 1921 | 69 | — | — | #825 |
| 1920 | 67 | — | — | #816 |
| 1919 | 60 | — | — | #850 |
| 1918 | 59 | — | — | #856 |
| 1917 | 69 | — | — | #749 |
| 1916 | 36 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1915 | 57 | — | — | #804 |
| 1914 | 47 | — | — | #770 |
| 1913 | 37 | — | — | #777 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | — | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 15 | — | — | #857 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | — | #708 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | — | #714 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #880 |
| 1907 | 11 | — | — | #817 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | — | #1,114 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | — | #700 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #612 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #912 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #795 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,059 |
| 1900 | 15 | — | — | #650 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | — | #943 |
| 1896 | 12 | — | — | #641 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,082 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #956 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,068 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #842 |
| 1890 | 11 | — | — | #603 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | — | #704 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #928 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #963 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #641 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | — | #767 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #894 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | — | #693 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | — | #708 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | — | #571 |