Masculine dossier · first seen 1916

Alek

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

154

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1916Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

48.7%

2024

All-time

4,513

Alek has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 154 boys were named Alek.

In 2024, only 79 boys were given the name.

Down 48.7% from its peak.

All told, about 4,513 Americans have been named Alek and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1916.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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