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Alec
Pronounced /ˈælɪk/
Rank in 2024
#880
Born in 2024
273
Peak year
1995 · #112
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 273 boys were named Alec, about 1 in every 6,283.
- It peaked in 1995 with 3,420 babies, ranked #112.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 54,916 boys have been named Alec since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alec per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.6Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 960 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 571 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,341 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,545 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 19,399 babies, 0.64 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25,046 babies, 0.80 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,912 babies, 0.27 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Clipping of Alexander.
- A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish origin.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈælɪk/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alec, CC BY-SA 4.0.