Alecia — #7982 US girls' name
12,032 babies named Alecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Alecia was born in this single decade.
362 babies were named Alecia in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,032 babies named Alecia between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alecia currently holds the #7982 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 362 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alecia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Alecia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 773 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Alecia in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alecia 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 12,032 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.
Alecia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Alecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1987)
- 362
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #7982 among girls.
12,032 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 362 births in a single year.
Alecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 3,196 births that decade — 27% of Alecia's all-time total
Alecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,196 births
- Runner-up 2,299 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Alecia's strongest decade
3,196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Alecia by state
Where Alecia concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 773 | 6.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 557 | 4.6% |
| #3 | California | | 554 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 553 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 547 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 525 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 504 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 455 | 3.8% |
773 of 12,032 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alecia appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1917–2024 (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.