Alice
Alice was given to 3,547 girls in 2025, #65 among girls’ names; 590,106 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 207,000 Americans named Alice and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 17 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alice by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alice mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alice is “a female given name from the Germanic languages popular in England since the Middle Ages.” Its etymology gives the senses “noble” (*aþalaz) and “character” (*haiduz).
From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”). Doublet of Adelaide.
/ˈæl.ɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alice?
#65 among girls’ names, 2025
Alice rose from #87 in 2015 to #65 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.9 to 2.2 per 1,000.
11,990 babies in 1921, the peak
Alice peaked in 1921, when 11,990 babies were given it (11,955 girls, #15 among girls’ names). The 3,547 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,547 | #65 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 3,531 | #63 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 3,349 | #66 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 3,511 | #64 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 3,509 | #65 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 3,296 | #76 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 3,552 | #73 | 2.1 |
| 2018 | 3,667 | #71 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 3,826 | #70 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 3,692 | #76 | 2.1 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,426 | #87 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 3,055 | #98 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | 2,940 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 2,503 | #127 | 1.4 |
| 2011 | 2,195 | #142 | 1.2 |
| 2010 | 1,780 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | 1,276 | #257 | 0.69 |
| 2008 | 1,025 | #328 | 0.54 |
| 2007 | 952 | #346 | 0.50 |
| 2006 | 847 | #382 | 0.45 |
| 2005 | 756 | #413 | 0.41 |
| 2004 | 756 | #403 | 0.41 |
| 2003 | 700 | #431 | 0.38 |
| 2002 | 657 | #444 | 0.37 |
| 2001 | 633 | #440 | 0.35 |
| 2000 | 669 | #422 | 0.37 |
| 1999 | 652 | #423 | 0.37 |
| 1998 | 597 | #438 | 0.34 |
| 1997 | 578 | #441 | 0.33 |
| 1996 | 593 | #430 | 0.34 |
| 1995 | 580 | #442 | 0.33 |
| 1994 | 596 | #422 | 0.33 |
| 1993 | 684 | #373 | 0.38 |
| 1992 | 688 | #371 | 0.37 |
| 1991 | 725 | #355 | 0.39 |
| 1990 | 773 | #345 | 0.41 |
| 1989 | 742 | #343 | 0.40 |
| 1988 | 820 | #302 | 0.46 |
| 1987 | 770 | #314 | 0.44 |
| 1986 | 712 | #339 | 0.42 |
| 1985 | 668 | #353 | 0.39 |
| 1984 | 687 | #337 | 0.41 |
| 1983 | 698 | #329 | 0.42 |
| 1982 | 749 | #323 | 0.44 |
| 1981 | 746 | #316 | 0.45 |
| 1980 | 738 | #328 | 0.44 |
| 1979 | 780 | #307 | 0.49 |
| 1978 | 790 | #292 | 0.52 |
| 1977 | 858 | #278 | 0.56 |
| 1976 | 955 | #246 | 0.65 |
| 1975 | 1,055 | #231 | 0.72 |
| 1974 | 1,181 | #216 | 0.80 |
| 1973 | 1,187 | #214 | 0.81 |
| 1972 | 1,198 | #231 | 0.79 |
| 1971 | 1,507 | #198 | 0.91 |
| 1970 | 1,621 | #201 | 0.93 |
| 1969 | 1,715 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 1968 | 1,731 | #187 | 1.1 |
| 1967 | 1,928 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 1966 | 2,221 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1965 | 2,564 | #145 | 1.5 |
| 1964 | 2,842 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 3,067 | #138 | 1.6 |
| 1962 | 3,249 | #133 | 1.7 |
| 1961 | 3,586 | #126 | 1.8 |
| 1960 | 4,051 | #119 | 2.0 |
| 1959 | 4,162 | #112 | 2.1 |
| 1958 | 4,124 | #115 | 2.1 |
| 1957 | 4,432 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1956 | 4,680 | #98 | 2.3 |
| 1955 | 5,079 | #87 | 2.6 |
| 1954 | 5,271 | #81 | 2.7 |
| 1953 | 5,740 | #73 | 3.1 |
| 1952 | 5,908 | #69 | 3.2 |
| 1951 | 6,315 | #62 | 3.5 |
| 1950 | 6,363 | #57 | 3.7 |
| 1949 | 6,660 | #53 | 3.9 |
| 1948 | 6,981 | #49 | 4.1 |
| 1947 | 7,849 | #47 | 4.4 |
| 1946 | 7,363 | #44 | 4.7 |
| 1945 | 6,359 | #41 | 4.9 |
| 1944 | 7,102 | #38 | 5.4 |
| 1943 | 7,648 | #38 | 5.5 |
| 1942 | 7,382 | #39 | 5.5 |
| 1941 | 7,445 | #34 | 6.2 |
| 1940 | 7,603 | #32 | 6.6 |
| 1939 | 7,365 | #31 | 6.7 |
| 1938 | 7,490 | #29 | 6.8 |
| 1937 | 7,120 | #28 | 6.7 |
| 1936 | 7,201 | #27 | 6.9 |
| 1935 | 7,443 | #25 | 7.1 |
| 1934 | 7,784 | #25 | 7.5 |
| 1933 | 7,697 | #22 | 7.6 |
| 1932 | 8,537 | #21 | 8.0 |
| 1931 | 8,815 | #21 | 8.3 |
| 1930 | 9,516 | #20 | 8.5 |
| 1929 | 9,480 | #21 | 8.5 |
| 1928 | 10,139 | #19 | 8.8 |
| 1927 | 10,679 | #17 | 9.0 |
| 1926 | 10,956 | #17 | 9.2 |
| 1925 | 11,576 | #15 | 9.5 |
| 1924 | 11,537 | #15 | 9.2 |
| 1923 | 11,331 | #15 | 9.4 |
| 1922 | 11,277 | #15 | 9.4 |
| 1921 | 11,955 | #15 | 9.7 |
| 1920 | 11,596 | #15 | 9.7 |
| 1919 | 11,141 | #13 | 9.9 |
| 1918 | 11,590 | #13 | 10.0 |
| 1917 | 10,990 | #13 | 10.2 |
| 1916 | 10,719 | #13 | 10.3 |
| 1915 | 10,525 | #13 | 10.7 |
| 1914 | 8,198 | #12 | 10.8 |
| 1913 | 6,934 | #11 | 11.1 |
| 1912 | 6,285 | #11 | 11.3 |
| 1911 | 4,813 | #11 | 11.5 |
| 1910 | 4,671 | #10 | 11.8 |
| 1909 | 4,170 | #10 | 12.0 |
| 1908 | 4,270 | #9 | 12.8 |
| 1907 | 4,107 | #9 | 12.9 |
| 1906 | 4,192 | #8 | 14.2 |
| 1905 | 3,610 | #10 | 12.4 |
| 1904 | 3,131 | #13 | 11.4 |
| 1903 | 2,996 | #12 | 11.4 |
| 1902 | 3,135 | #10 | 11.9 |
| 1901 | 2,562 | #12 | 10.7 |
| 1900 | 3,059 | #14 | 10.2 |
| 1899 | 2,523 | #12 | 10.8 |
| 1898 | 2,846 | #11 | 11.0 |
| 1897 | 2,431 | #16 | 10.4 |
| 1896 | 2,651 | #12 | 11.1 |
| 1895 | 2,457 | #17 | 10.5 |
| 1894 | 2,414 | #17 | 10.8 |
| 1893 | 2,434 | #13 | 11.4 |
| 1892 | 2,373 | #14 | 11.2 |
| 1891 | 2,015 | #16 | 10.9 |
| 1890 | 2,271 | #14 | 11.9 |
| 1889 | 2,145 | #12 | 12.0 |
| 1888 | 2,202 | #13 | 12.3 |
| 1887 | 1,819 | #14 | 12.5 |
| 1886 | 1,811 | #11 | 12.5 |
| 1885 | 1,681 | #11 | 12.6 |
| 1884 | 1,732 | #11 | 13.4 |
| 1883 | 1,488 | #11 | 13.2 |
| 1882 | 1,542 | #8 | 14.3 |
| 1881 | 1,308 | #10 | 14.2 |
| 1880 | 1,414 | #8 | 15.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alice a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alice has been given almost only to girls: 1,959 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Alice: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alice, and how old are they?
207,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 590,106 Americans ever recorded as Alice. The median Alice alive today is 66 years old; half are between 17 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 225,222 people named Alice (224,717 women and girls, 505 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 227,573 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 39,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 73,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 20,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 16,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 44,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Alice born?
The states with the most babies named Alice are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 43,780 | #73 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 32,841 | #91 | 0.9× |
| California | 31,285 | #85 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 28,725 | #63 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 25,240 | #88 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 22,378 | #99 | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 19,504 | #46 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 17,899 | #74 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 17,498 | #95 | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 14,945 | #70 | 1.1× |
Where Alice is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alice is most over-represented in Alaska: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Alice with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 842,997 babies since 1880, Alice is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,547 of their 4,257 babies (83%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alice
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Alice and names like it
- Compare Alice and AliciaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAlice peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alice since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Alice: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Alice.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alice alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.