Alyce
Alyce was given to 38 girls in 2025, #3,833 among girls’ names; 17,539 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,600 Americans named Alyce and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 35 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alyce by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Alyce?
#3,833 among girls’ names, 2025
Alyce fell from #2,341 in 2015 to #3,833 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 44.3 to 23.6 per million.
503 babies in 1921, the peak
Alyce peaked in 1921, when 503 girls were given it, #293 among girls’ names. The 38 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,833 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,461 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,765 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,966 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,166 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,095 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,597 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,007 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,012 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 79 | #2,341 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,560 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,441 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,600 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,765 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,011 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,306 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,273 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,923 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,807 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,178 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,659 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,148 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,703 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,665 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,027 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,366 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,507 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,218 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,657 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,235 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,265 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,077 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,597 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,464 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 95 | #1,403 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,816 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,961 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,237 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,452 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,490 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,867 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,861 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,306 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,969 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,807 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,820 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 69 | #1,418 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,578 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 66 | #1,516 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 81 | #1,315 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,355 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 70 | #1,325 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,320 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 86 | #1,145 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 96 | #1,119 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 99 | #1,088 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 101 | #1,074 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 120 | #987 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 121 | #970 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 116 | #981 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 125 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 123 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 133 | #867 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 153 | #774 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 127 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 159 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 186 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1951 | 191 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1950 | 208 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 199 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1948 | 215 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 239 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 228 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 183 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 215 | #490 | 0.16 |
| 1943 | 224 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 224 | #497 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 234 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 206 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 214 | #456 | 0.20 |
| 1938 | 254 | #421 | 0.23 |
| 1937 | 215 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 247 | #408 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 325 | #354 | 0.31 |
| 1934 | 231 | #431 | 0.22 |
| 1933 | 211 | #443 | 0.21 |
| 1932 | 228 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1931 | 257 | #405 | 0.24 |
| 1930 | 227 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1929 | 244 | #425 | 0.22 |
| 1928 | 276 | #407 | 0.24 |
| 1927 | 328 | #378 | 0.28 |
| 1926 | 343 | #363 | 0.29 |
| 1925 | 399 | #335 | 0.33 |
| 1924 | 410 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1923 | 436 | #308 | 0.36 |
| 1922 | 430 | #312 | 0.36 |
| 1921 | 503 | #293 | 0.41 |
| 1920 | 434 | #315 | 0.36 |
| 1919 | 410 | #312 | 0.36 |
| 1918 | 404 | #317 | 0.35 |
| 1917 | 378 | #315 | 0.35 |
| 1916 | 369 | #315 | 0.35 |
| 1915 | 384 | #298 | 0.39 |
| 1914 | 267 | #322 | 0.35 |
| 1913 | 218 | #324 | 0.35 |
| 1912 | 182 | #340 | 0.33 |
| 1911 | 151 | #320 | 0.36 |
| 1910 | 141 | #326 | 0.36 |
| 1909 | 107 | #349 | 0.31 |
| 1908 | 105 | #348 | 0.31 |
| 1907 | 87 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1906 | 85 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 68 | #409 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 46 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 53 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 44 | #467 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 35 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 45 | #504 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 27 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 22 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 22 | #660 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 13 | #904 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 25 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 16 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 17 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 22 | #590 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 14 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 19 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1889 | 10 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 9 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 10 | #731 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 6 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 13 | #539 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 6 | #816 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 7 | #681 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alyce a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alyce has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 144 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Alyce: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alyce, and how old are they?
6,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 17,539 Americans ever recorded as Alyce. The median Alyce alive today is 63 years old; half are between 35 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 7,579 people named Alyce (7,569 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,610 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,210 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 853 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 889 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 709 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 696 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Alyce born?
The states with the most babies named Alyce are New York, California and Illinois, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,148 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 1,103 | #2,786 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 1,038 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,037 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 718 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Minnesota | 592 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Michigan | 577 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Wisconsin | 508 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Massachusetts | 480 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Nebraska | 439 | not ranked | 2.5× |
Where Alyce is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alyce is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Alyce with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Alyce?
Alyce is a less common spelling of Alice: SSA has recorded 17,539 Alyce and 590,106 Alice since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 621,668 babies since 1880, Alyce is the second most given (2.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 38 of their 3,609 babies (1.1%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alyce
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Alyce and names like it
- Compare Alyce and AliceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAlyce peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alyce since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Alyce.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alyce alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.