Alice
#65 for girls in 2025, 3,547 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 4,192 births
- Debut · girls
- 1,414 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 89 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 588,147since 1880
Alice over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #65 | 3,547 | — | |
| 2024 | #63 | 3,531 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #66 | 3,349 | — | |
| 2022 | #64 | 3,511 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #65 | 3,509 | — | |
| 2020 | #76 | 3,296 | — | |
| 2019 | #73 | 3,552 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #71 | 3,667 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #70 | 3,826 | — | |
| 2016 | #76 | 3,692 | — | |
| 2015 | #87 | 3,426 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #98 | 3,055 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #107 | 2,940 | — | |
| 2012 | #127 | 2,503 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #142 | 2,195 | — | |
| 2010 | #172 | 1,780 | — | |
| 2009 | #257 | 1,276 | — | |
| 2008 | #328 | 1,025 | — | |
| 2007 | #346 | 952 | — | |
| 2006 | #382 | 847 | — | |
| 2005 | #413 | 756 | — | |
| 2004 | #403 | 756 | — | |
| 2003 | #431 | 700 | — | |
| 2002 | #444 | 657 | — | |
| 2001 | #440 | 633 | — | |
| 2000 | #422 | 669 | — | |
| 1999 | #423 | 652 | — | |
| 1998 | #438 | 597 | — | |
| 1997 | #441 | 578 | — | |
| 1996 | #430 | 593 | — | |
| 1995 | #442 | 580 | — | |
| 1994 | #422 | 596 | — | |
| 1993 | #373 | 684 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #371 | 688 | — | |
| 1991 | #355 | 725 | — | |
| 1990 | #345 | 773 | — | |
| 1989 | #343 | 742 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #302 | 820 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #314 | 770 | — | |
| 1986 | #339 | 712 | — | |
| 1985 | #353 | 668 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #337 | 687 | — | |
| 1983 | #329 | 698 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #323 | 749 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #316 | 746 | — | |
| 1980 | #328 | 738 | — | |
| 1979 | #307 | 780 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #292 | 790 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #278 | 858 | — | |
| 1976 | #246 | 955 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #231 | 1,055 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #216 | 1,181 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #214 | 1,187 | — | |
| 1972 | #231 | 1,198 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #198 | 1,507 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #201 | 1,621 | — | |
| 1969 | #185 | 1,715 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #187 | 1,731 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #168 | 1,928 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #157 | 2,221 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #145 | 2,564 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #141 | 2,842 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #138 | 3,067 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #133 | 3,249 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #126 | 3,586 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #119 | 4,051 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #112 | 4,162 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #115 | 4,124 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #106 | 4,432 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #98 | 4,680 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #87 | 5,079 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #81 | 5,271 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #73 | 5,740 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #69 | 5,908 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #62 | 6,315 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #57 | 6,363 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #53 | 6,660 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #49 | 6,981 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #47 | 7,849 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #44 | 7,363 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #41 | 6,359 | #1,327 | 25 |
| 1944 | #38 | 7,102 | #1,282 | 27 |
| 1943 | #38 | 7,648 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #39 | 7,382 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #34 | 7,445 | #1,040 | 39 |
| 1940 | #32 | 7,603 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #31 | 7,365 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #29 | 7,490 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #28 | 7,120 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #27 | 7,201 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #25 | 7,443 | #1,040 | 38 |
| 1934 | #25 | 7,784 | #1,092 | 36 |
| 1933 | #22 | 7,697 | #1,013 | 40 |
| 1932 | #21 | 8,537 | #915 | 50 |
| 1931 | #21 | 8,815 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #20 | 9,516 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #21 | 9,480 | #983 | 47 |
| 1928 | #19 | 10,139 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1927 | #17 | 10,679 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #17 | 10,956 | #980 | 49 |
| 1925 | #15 | 11,576 | #945 | 51 |
| 1924 | #15 | 11,537 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #15 | 11,331 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #15 | 11,277 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #15 | 11,955 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #15 | 11,596 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1919 | #13 | 11,141 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #13 | 11,590 | #1,192 | 34 |
| 1917 | #13 | 10,990 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #13 | 10,719 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #13 | 10,525 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #12 | 8,198 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #11 | 6,934 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #11 | 6,285 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #11 | 4,813 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #10 | 4,671 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #10 | 4,170 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #9 | 4,270 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #9 | 4,107 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #8 | 4,192 | #503 | 20 |
| 1905 | #10 | 3,610 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #13 | 3,131 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #12 | 2,996 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #10 | 3,135 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #12 | 2,562 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #14 | 3,059 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #12 | 2,523 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #11 | 2,846 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #16 | 2,431 | #473 | 17 |
| 1896 | #12 | 2,651 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #17 | 2,457 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #17 | 2,414 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #13 | 2,434 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | #14 | 2,373 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #16 | 2,015 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #14 | 2,271 | #629 | 10 |
| 1889 | #12 | 2,145 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #13 | 2,202 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #14 | 1,819 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #11 | 1,811 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #11 | 1,681 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #11 | 1,732 | — | |
| 1883 | #11 | 1,488 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #8 | 1,542 | — | |
| 1881 | #10 | 1,308 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #8 | 1,414 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alice was already there! It came in at #8, and was given to 1,414 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–2006, when fewer than 860 girls a year got the name.
Where Alice is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Alice
- 2 spots since 2024 (#63 → #65)
- 11 spots since 2020 (#76 → #65)
- 22 spots since 2015 (#87 → #65)
- Biggest jump: 85 spots in 2010 (#257 → #172)
- Biggest drop: 49 spots in 1994 (#373 → #422)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1906 at #8 (4,192 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 61 yrs later
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 1905–1910
- Top 100: 89 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 64 girls born in 1880 were named Alice (1.6%)
- Latest: 1 in 453 girls born in 2025 (0.22%)
- Its best rank, #8 in 1906, was only 1 in 70 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.8% of all girls named Alice (110,526) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #8 (1906) → #444 (2002) → #63 (2024)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17,142 | #8 (1882) | #11 |
| 1890s | 24,415 | #11 (1898) | #14 |
| 1900s | 35,232 | #8 (1906) | #11 |
| 1910s | 85,866 | #10 (1910) | #12 |
| 1920s | 110,526 | #15 (1921) | #16 |
| 1930s | 78,968 | #20 (1930) | #25 |
| 1940s | 72,392 | #32 (1940) | #42 |
| 1950s | 52,074 | #57 (1950) | #86 |
| 1960s | 26,954 | #119 (1960) | #150 |
| 1970s | 11,132 | #198 (1971) | #241 |
| 1980s | 7,330 | #302 (1988) | #328 |
| 1990s | 6,466 | #345 (1990) | #404 |
| 2000s | 8,271 | #257 (2009) | #387 |
| 2010s | 30,636 | #70 (2017) | #102 |
| 2020s | 20,743 | #63 (2024) | #67 |
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.
Alice in 1909
Top girls' names in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 83 of them was named Alice, which outranked 99.6% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 10,933 of them was named Alice, which outranked 57.5% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).