Recorded 1922–2009 Girls' name Peak 1984 1,271 births

Alica — girls' name

1,271 babies named Alica in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

1,271 girls have been named Alica since 1922, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2009.

1,271
total births
1922–2009
years on record
1980s
peak decade
26%
born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Alica was born in this single decade.

1984
Single peak year

40 babies were named Alica in 1984 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Alica

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,271 babies named Alica between 1922 and 2009, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 326 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alica shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alica in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alica 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 1,271 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.

Alica at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

1,271

Since 1922

88 years of records

Peak year

1984

40 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1922

Recorded for 88 years

Last year on file: 2009

Alica popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1922

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1984)
40
Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
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Alica by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
326 births that decade — 26% of Alica's all-time total
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Alica by state

Where Alica concentrates geographically — total births since 1922

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Alica
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
43 3.4%
#2 Texas
14 1.1%
#3 Florida
6 0.5%
#4 New York
5 0.4%
#5 Ohio
5 0.4%
California share of Alica's total US births 3.4%
Even split

43 of 1,271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alica?
1,271 babies have been named Alica since 1922. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1984 with 40 births.
When was Alica most popular?
Alica was most popular in the 1980s decade with 326 total births. The single peak year was 1984.
Where is Alica most popular?
The top states for the name Alica are California (43 births), Texas (14 births), Florida (6 births).
How long has the name Alica been used?
Alica has been recorded in Social Security data since 1922, spanning 88 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Alica?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alice, Alicia, Alison, Alisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1922–2009 (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.