Alek is an uncommon variant of Alec that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Alek is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,604 for boy births in the United States (and #5,604 across all names), given to 50 babies. Alek was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1999 (154 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,970 |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,669 |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | #15,420 | #1,751 |
| 2021 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,646 |
| 2020 | 110 | 118 | — | #1,518 |
| 2019 | 120 | 120 | #12,516 | #1,507 |
| 2018 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,539 |
| 2017 | 114 | 119 | #14,233 | #1,525 |
| 2016 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,501 |
| 2015 | 134 | 143 | — | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 132 | 140 | #13,148 | #1,363 |
| 2013 | 138 | 138 | #14,675 | #1,305 |
| 2012 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,295 |
| 2011 | 157 | 165 | #16,889 | #1,170 |
| 2010 | 136 | 143 | — | #1,278 |
| 2009 | 137 | 137 | #13,782 | #1,331 |
| 2008 | 143 | 151 | #15,480 | #1,271 |
| 2007 | 162 | 167 | #12,721 | #1,152 |
| 2006 | 160 | 165 | #13,662 | #1,127 |
| 2005 | 119 | 125 | — | #1,289 |
| 2004 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,152 |
| 2003 | 132 | 138 | — | #1,141 |
| 2002 | 130 | 135 | #15,541 | #1,139 |
| 2001 | 148 | 154 | — | #1,010 |
| 2000 | 154 | 154 | — | #973 |
| 1999 | 154 | 154 | — | #944 |
| 1998 | 139 | 139 | #12,493 | #1,017 |
| 1997 | 113 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1996 | 135 | — | — | #955 |
| 1995 | 131 | — | — | #968 |
| 1994 | 143 | — | #13,490 | #935 |
| 1993 | 101 | — | — | #1,118 |
| 1992 | 86 | — | #11,783 | #1,262 |
| 1991 | 89 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1990 | 62 | — | — | #1,420 |
| 1989 | 56 | — | — | #1,476 |
| 1988 | 37 | — | — | #1,817 |
| 1987 | 24 | — | — | #2,335 |
| 1986 | 22 | — | — | #2,429 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | — | #2,945 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | — | #3,707 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | — | #4,509 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | — | #3,488 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | — | #6,291 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | — | #4,949 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | — | #3,217 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | — | #3,953 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | — | #5,114 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | — | #3,532 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | — | #4,173 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | — | #2,547 |