Alec: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AL-ik · 2 syllables

Clipping of Alexander.

How popular is Alec?

Alec was the #977 name in the US in 2025, given to 234 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Alec in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Alec are older than 29; most are between 20 and 50. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Alec have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Alec is pronounced AL-ik.

Alec was the #977 name in the US in 2025, given to 234 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Alec are older than 29. Most are between 20 and 50.