Girls' name · since 1968
Alis
510 babies named Alis in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,204 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 510
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
510 babies have been named Alis since 1968, making it today's #4204 girls' name.
Alis has 510 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4204 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #11,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,204 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 510 born since 1968
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alis ranks #11,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,204 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 510 born since 1968, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,204 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 510
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alis's 510 recorded births place it above 83.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Alis compares
510 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Alis's all-time total is 36% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 510 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alis's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Alis popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Alis as boys' name)
Alis by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (153 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Alis's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Alis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
141 births
- 2020s
2020s
153 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 153 births (30% of all-time use).
How Alis 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 Alis's total volume
Alis by state
Where Alis concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 3.5% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 12 | 2.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
18 of 510 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Aliss (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Alis 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.