Girls' name · since 1900
Avice
184 babies named Avice in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
184 girls have been named Avice since 1900, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avice has been recorded 184 times among girls since 1900, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1900 to 1939.
- #20,638 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avice ranks #20,638 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Avice's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Avice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Avice's SSA record in two at 1922 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1907, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1926 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Avice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1939
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Avice by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (84 births, 46% of the file).
1920s was Avice's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Avice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 16
1900s
16 births
- 1910s
1910s
54 births
- 1920s
1920s
84 births
- 1930s 30
1930s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 84 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Avice's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 1930s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Avice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1900–1939 (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 Avice 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.