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How popular is the name Alec?
Births per year, rank history and how many Alecs are alive today.
Alec (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 30 in 2025, ranked 1007th. The name peaked in 1914, when around 760 babies were given the name, the 84th most popular that year. It has declined since 1914; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 32,000 babies have been named Alec in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Alec include Alex. Alec is also a common short form of Alexander, so many people called Alec are registered under the longer name.
The Alec you are most likely to meet is around 70 years old. Half of all Alecs born in England and Wales are between 39 and 74, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Alec.
How many babies are named Alec each year?
Where does Alec rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Alec most popular?
Alec peaked in 1914, when around 760 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Alec?
At least 12,000 people named Alec born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Alec?
Most living Alecs are between 39 and 74; the most common age is about 70.
Is Alec becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1914 peak.