Girls' name · since 1965
Alicen
Alicen has 1,169 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,169
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,169 babies have been named Alicen since 1965, making it today's #12142 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alicen has been recorded 1,169 times among girls since 1965, currently ranked #12142 nationally and more common than 30% 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 1965 to 2025.
- #6,740 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,142 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,169 born since 1965
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alicen ranks #6,740 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,142 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,169 born since 1965, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,169
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alicen's 1,169 recorded births place it above 90.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Alicen compares
1,169 Top 30% higher than 70% of 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
Alicen's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alicen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,169 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alicen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alicen's full recorded timeline at 1997, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alicen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Alicen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (286 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Alicen's strongest decade.
286 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Alicen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 93
1970s
93 births
- 1980s
1980s
175 births
- 1990s
1990s
256 births
- 2000s
2000s
286 births
- 2010s
2010s
264 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 286 births (24% of all-time use).
How Alicen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alicen's total volume
Alicen by state
Where Alicen concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
21 of 1,169 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Alicen's data
- Alicen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (286 total births); usage has since declined to 83 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alicens (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Alicen
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alicen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Alicen 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.