Alis — #5174 US girls' name
476 babies named Alis in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Alis was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Alis in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alis
The Social Security Administration has registered 476 babies named Alis between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alis currently holds the #5174 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alis performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Alis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alis in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alis 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 476 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.
Alis at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alis popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (2021)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #5174 among girls.
476 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 29 births in a single year.
Alis popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Alis as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Alis accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 141 births that decade — 30% of Alis's all-time total
Alis decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 119 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alis's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Alis by state
Where Alis concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
12 of 476 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.5% of nationwide
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.1% of nationwide
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1968–2024 (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.