Girls' name · since 1956
Alacia
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 474 babies named Alacia, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 474
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alacia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 474 have been recorded since 1956.
Alacia has 474 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2014.
- #12,251 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 474 born since 1956
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alacia ranks #12,251 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 474 born since 1956, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 474
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alacia's 474 recorded births place it above 83.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Alacia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alacia splits its recorded history at 1992: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alacia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2014
- Peak year (1997)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Alacia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (168 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Alacia's strongest decade.
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Alacia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
103 births
- 1990s
1990s
168 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 168 births (35% of all-time use).
Alacia by state
Where Alacia concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 23 | 4.9% |
23 of 474 births nationwide.
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- Alacia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (168 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Alacias (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alacia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~58 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alacia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.