Alcee — boys' name
182 babies named Alcee in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Alcee was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Alcee in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alcee
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Alcee between 1882 and 1963, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alcee currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alcee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Alcee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alcee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alcee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 182 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alcee at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alcee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1882
- Peak year (1916)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
182 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 10 births in a single year.
Alcee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 51 births that decade — 28% of Alcee's all-time total
Alcee decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alcee's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Alcee by state
Where Alcee concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 105 | 57.7% |
105 of 182 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 57.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 57.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.