Alek

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alek: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alek: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #779, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#779highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2009	#2126
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2012	#3039
2013	#3315
2014	#2690
2015	#2150
2016	#1804
2017	#4812
2018	#2445
2019	#2104
2020	#2228
2021	#2730
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

In 2022: #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3048 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3036 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Alek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alek in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	70	10 of 10	7
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alek appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #779 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Alek's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #779, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alejandra · #873, 25y
Alejandro · #372, 51y
Aleks · #368, 20y
Aleksa · #747, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Daksh · #779, 20y
Emiliano · #779, 21y
Lenni · #779, 19y
Martim · #779, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Daksh · #779, 20y
Evie-May · #779, 23y
Lenni · #779, 19y
Martim · #779, 19y

Alek was ranked #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alek and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alek without appearing here.

Alek moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #4702.
Shannon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #4702.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Alek

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #2104.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #779 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alek

Alek at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Alek at a glance

Alek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Alek

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