Girls' name · since 1959
Arlicia
205 babies named Arlicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1959
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arlicia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 205 recorded since 1959.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlicia has been recorded 205 times among girls since 1959, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2005.
- #19,551 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 205 born since 1959
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlicia ranks #19,551 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 205 born since 1959, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1959
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arlicia's 205 recorded births place it above 72.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arlicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arlicia's full recorded timeline at 1983, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arlicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2005
- Peak year (1989)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Arlicia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (68 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Arlicia's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Arlicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
36 births
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 68 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Arlicia's data
- Arlicia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Arlicia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1959–2005 (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 Arlicia 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.