Aleks is a male name, in Croatia mostly Croatian, but also Italian, Slovenian and Albanian. It is one of the relatively common names (among the top two thousand) in Croatia, with over two hundred namesakes living there.
The relative popularity of names Aleks in Croatia
The name Aleks was the most popular from years 1992 to 2002. The peak year was 1992.
Prevalence
Name Aleks is present mainly in Northen Adriatic, and scarcely in Central Croatia. Most of the persons named Aleks live in the following cities and municipalities: Pula (about twenty), Rijeka (less than twenty), Labin (less than ten).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.