boys:
1.2k births since 1884
#3392 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1884
#6525 (16th percentile)
The name Aleck is the #6,525 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,215 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 15.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,392 (26.0% percentile) for all time with 1,215 births since 1884.
Aleck first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for boys in 1884). Birth data for Aleck is available in 84 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Aleck reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #490) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1889, with 59 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Aleck ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 12.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aleck".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Aleck", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Alec" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Alec..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Aleck. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.9% confident that Aleck is pronounced as A-lehk, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEHK, at 27.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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