Name profile

Alec

Short form of Alexander.

Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2025)#977

Meaning and history

Alec is a short form of Alexander.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 982 births, rank #329
2007: 872 births, rank #363
2008: 774 births, rank #389
2009: 730 births, rank #406
2010: 669 births, rank #417
20112011: 659 births, rank #421
2012: 606 births, rank #449
2013: 626 births, rank #453
2014: 624 births, rank #467
2015: 665 births, rank #456
20162016: 617 births, rank #492
2017: 575 births, rank #506
2018: 521 births, rank #539
2019: 518 births, rank #543
2020: 470 births, rank #588
20212021: 390 births, rank #682
2022: 346 births, rank #745
2023: 290 births, rank #841
2024: 274 births, rank #880
20252025: 234 births, rank #977

Alec moved from #880 to #977 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1995, with 3,420 births.