Girls' name · since 1986

Alencia

118 babies named Alencia in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#25,267 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,681 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
118
born since 1986
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Alencia is the #13681 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 118 recorded since 1986.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alencia has been recorded 118 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #13681 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.

  • #25,267 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,681 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 118 born since 1986
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alencia ranks #25,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,681 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 118 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.

#25,267 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,681 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
118
born since 1986
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%20.9%
Alencia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Alencia's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Alencia compares

118 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Alencia's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alencia Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 118 376 567,345
Peak-year births 9 21 19,840

Alencia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Alencia's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Alencia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2000)
9
Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
45678910 1986200020032006200920162025 6

Alencia by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 61% of the file).

2000s was Alencia's strongest decade.

72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.

Alencia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (61% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alencia?
Since 1986, Social Security records show 118 babies named Alencia. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #25,267 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,681 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2000, with 9 births.
Where does Alencia sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alencia ranks #25,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,681 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Alencia most popular?
Alencia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 72 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Alencia been used?
The SSA has tracked Alencia since 1986 -- 40 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Alencia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alexis, Alexandra, Alexa, Alexandria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Alencia's data

  • Alencia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Alencia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1986–2025 (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 Alencia 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.