Alice — #62 US girls' name
584,578 babies named Alice in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.6% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Alice was born in this single decade.
11,955 babies were named Alice in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alice
The Social Security Administration has registered 584,578 babies named Alice between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alice currently holds the #62 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 11,955 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 110,526 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Alice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 43,569 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Alice in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alice 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 584,578 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.
Alice at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Alice popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1921)
- 11,955
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #62 among girls.
584,578 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 11,955 births in a single year.
Alice popularity over time — boys
1,959 total births recorded since 1881 (Alice as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Alice accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 110,526 births that decade — 19% of Alice's all-time total
Alice decade highlights
- Peak decade 110,526 births
- Runner-up 85,866 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alice's strongest decade
110,526 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Alice by state
Where Alice concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 43,569 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 32,733 | 5.6% |
| #3 | California | | 30,937 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 28,309 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 25,144 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 22,271 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 19,394 | 3.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 17,759 | 3.0% |
43,569 of 584,578 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.6% of nationwide
- California 5.3% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alice appears in 51 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, 1880–2024 (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.