Girls' name · since 1960
Alicyn
Alicyn has 690 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 690
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
690 girls have been named Alicyn since 1960, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alicyn has 690 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2023.
- #9,598 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 690 born since 1960
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alicyn ranks #9,598 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 690 born since 1960, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 690
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alicyn's 690 recorded births place it above 86.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alicyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alicyn's full recorded timeline at 1994, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alicyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2023
- Peak year (2002)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Alicyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (208 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Alicyn's strongest decade.
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Alicyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 73
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
115 births
- 1990s
1990s
187 births
- 2000s
2000s
208 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 208 births (30% of all-time use).
How Alicyn 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 Alicyn's total volume
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What to do with Alicyn's data
- Alicyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (208 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alicyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1960–2023 (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 Alicyn 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.