Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Alec

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alec
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92% from peak

Peak era

1995

Peak rank proxy

3,420

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19952024

Peak year

1995

Decline from peak

92%

2024

273

All-time

54,916

Alec once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1995, when 3,420 boys were named Alec.

In 2024, only 273 boys were given the name.

Down 92% from its peak.

All told, about 54,916 Americans have been named Alec and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92% from peak

19953,420 boys named Alec

2024273 boys named Alec

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