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
Alencia's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #13681 among girls.
118 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 9 births in a single year.
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
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (61% of all-time use).
Alencia decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~39 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, 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.
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