Girls' name · since 1880
Alyce
17,539 babies named Alyce in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,832 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,539
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Alyce currently ranks #3832 among girls' names in America, with 17,539 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyce has been recorded 17,539 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #3832 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,157 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,832 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17,539 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyce ranks #1,157 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,832 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17,539 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,832 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,539
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Alyce's 17,539 recorded births place it above 98.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Alyce compares
17,539 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Alyce's all-time total is 47x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyce | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,539 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 503 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alyce's full recorded timeline at 1954, 26% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 74% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1882, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 503 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alyce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 503
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Alyce by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (3,803 births, 22% of the file).
1920s was Alyce's strongest decade.
3,803 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Alyce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 71
1880s
71 births
- 1890s 197
1890s
197 births
- 1900s 675
1900s
675 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,904 births
- 1920s
1920s
3,803 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,409 births
- 1940s
1940s
2,167 births
- 1950s 1,521
1950s
1,521 births
- 1960s 901
1960s
901 births
- 1970s 530
1970s
530 births
- 1980s 585
1980s
585 births
- 1990s 464
1990s
464 births
- 2000s 424
2000s
424 births
- 2010s 643
2010s
643 births
- 2020s 245
2020s
245 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 3,803 births (22% of all-time use).
How Alyce 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 Alyce's total volume
Alyce by state
Where Alyce concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,148 | 6.5% |
| #2 | California | | 1,103 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,038 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,037 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 718 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 592 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 577 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 508 | 2.9% |
1,148 of 17,539 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Alyce appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alyce's data
- Alyce's decade-level peak was the 1920s (3,803 total births); usage has since declined to 245 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Alyces (1,148 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alyce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Alyce 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.