Alecia

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births

Peak · girls
1987 · 362 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,055
since 1917

Alecia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alecia has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #555, 1987girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,55422
2024#7,96713
2023#4,99926
2022#6,70717
2021#4,71928
2020#5,85020
2019#6,17619
2018#3,73940
2017#5,04526
2016#3,92338
2015#3,47845
2014#3,42546
2013#3,12352
2012#2,51672
2011#2,83861
2010#2,20288
2009#2,48576
2008#1,717129
2007#1,894109
2006#1,905106
2005#1,704116
2004#1,684115
2003#1,498130
2002#1,328146
2001#1,253157
2000#1,188168
1999#1,143171
1998#1,069182
1997#1,000194
1996#865229
1995#893212
1994#877223
1993#892216
1992#753278
1991#738281
1990#682313
1989#616346
1988#667289
1987#555362
1986#572340
1985#564349
1984#560331
1983#583306
1982#668266
1981#609299
1980#601308
1979#617286
1978#601284
1977#635263
1976#684216
1975#712207
1974#749189
1973#718201
1972#760183
1971#777187
1970#731202
1969#713199
1968#712187
1967#865137
1966#774161
1965#704194
1964#764185
1963#814162
1962#916133
1961#983121
1960#1,025110
1959#1,13588
1958#1,19679
1957#1,21176
1956#1,48051
1955#1,27562
1954#1,25662
1953#1,31255
1952#1,23659
1951#1,55537
1950#1,45240
1949#1,76729
1948#2,07022
1947#1,79029
1946#2,02421
1945#1,82521
1944#2,28715
1943#2,15117
1942#3,7387
1941#3,2528
1940#3,2088
1939#2,73610
1938#3,8476
1937#3,8006
1936#3,1038
1935#3,1568
1934#4,2865
1933#2,8689
1932#4,4115
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1928#3,7437
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Alecia! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Alecia is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #903 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,232 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #844 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,508 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 25,018 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #382 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,364 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #684 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,755 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #624 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,341 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedMSAlabama: #607 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,872 girlsALGeorgia: #449 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,050 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedHITexas: #841 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,160 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Alecia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#382 · 1 in 3,364
  2. Georgia#449 · 1 in 4,050
  3. Alabama#607 · 1 in 6,872
  4. Louisiana#624 · 1 in 6,341
  5. North Carolina#684 · 1 in 9,755

Best ever in a state: #136 in North Dakota, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#38251 in 3,364
Georgia#449111 in 4,050
Alabama#60751 in 6,872
Louisiana#62461 in 6,341
North Carolina#68451 in 9,755
Texas#841111 in 10,160
Pennsylvania#84461 in 18,508
Illinois#90371 in 15,232
California#1,32071 in 25,018
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alecia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,413 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #5,554)
  • 296 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #5,554)
  • 2,076 spots since 2015 (#3,478 → #5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1968 (#865 → #712)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1993 (#753 → #892)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1987 at #555 (362 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1961–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,803
  • Highest: 1 in 4,803 girls born in 1987 were named Alecia (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 26.5% of all girls named Alecia (3,196) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#4,083 (1917)#4,083
1920s39#3,564 (1926)#4,157
1930s57#2,736 (1939)#3,526
1940s177#1,767 (1949)#2,411
1950s609#1,135 (1959)#1,311
1960s1,589#704 (1965)#827
1970s2,218#601 (1978)#698
1980s3,196#555 (1987)#600
1990s2,299#682 (1990)#891
2000s1,252#1,188 (2000)#1,666
2010s487#2,202 (2010)#3,647
2020s126#4,719 (2021)#5,966

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alecia in 1961

girls
#983
121 births · 1 in 16,682 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #983Alecia121
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 16,682 of them was named Alecia, which outranked 86.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alecia
  1. #978Lolita122
  2. #978Sandie122
  3. #978Suzanna122
  4. #983Alecia121
  5. #983Cary121
  6. #983Evette121
  7. #983Retha121
  8. #987Alyce120
  9. #987Brooke120
  10. #987Charles120

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961 →