Alec
33
Babies in 2024
-39%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 109
-27%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Alec
Alec peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (109 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 33 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Alec reached its peak in 1996, when 109 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #263 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 33 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,068 boys have been officially registered with the name Alec in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 573 boys were registered with the name, starting from 54 in 2014 and ending at 33 in 2024.