Aleka

Girls' name

Diminutive of Alexandra

Aleka has been given to 220 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2010, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Aleka, 2018

1 in 703,000

Aleka over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aleka: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Alexandra

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aleka means

Aleka is a diminutive of Alexandra.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Aleka is used in Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /a.ˈle.ka/ for Aleka.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Aleka is a diminutive of Alexandra. Alexandra has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Aleka is used in Old Czech.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alexandra.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old Czech, Aleka is pronounced /ˈalɛka/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 220 girls were recorded with the name Aleka between 1975 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2010; its best national rank was #6,054 in 1976.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aleka?

Aleka had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 703,000; 5 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only: 1 in 340,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 487,541 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aleka sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aleka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alekas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aleka was born before 1996 — so the typical Aleka is around 29 today.

Median birth year: 1996; About 29 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 34.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 60.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 220; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 34.1% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Aleka rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2010 (12)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,054; 1976

Spellings of Aleka

Aleka is not the most common spelling — Alma is, with 12.2% against Aleka's 0.02%.

Alma12.2%163,723
Lena10.9%146,479
Alexa9.8%131,551
Elena8.1%108,013
Alana5.1%68,264
Alexia3.4%46,192
Alina3.4%45,387
Lela3.2%43,005

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aleka around the world

Where Aleka ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2003–2003
#739
in 2003

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aleka by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,054; 1976
Peak year: 2010; 12 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 220
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aleka

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Aleni Alera Alenah Aleria Alesi Aleera Aleeha Aleea Aleny Aleila Alexx Alette Aleisa Aleja Aleyza Aleska Aleiya Aleli Aleysa Aleanna Alegria Alenna Alenia Aleira

Sibling names for Aleka

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jordynn Hayleigh Heidy Carleigh Paityn Shaniya Jocelynn Lailah

For a brother

Jerimiah Rylee Jordyn Giovanny Zavier Tristian Chace Jadiel

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