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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| 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 | — | |
First appearance
1880
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 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alaska#16 · 1 in 58
- Arizona#20 · 1 in 97
- North Carolina#23 · 1 in 120
- Mississippi#25 · 1 in 125
- Florida#26 · 1 in 139
Best ever in a state: #2 in North Dakota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #16 | 10 | 1 in 58 |
| Arizona | #20 | 74 | 1 in 97 |
| North Carolina | #23 | 390 | 1 in 120 |
| Mississippi | #25 | 213 | 1 in 125 |
| Florida | #26 | 175 | 1 in 139 |
| Texas | #29 | 504 | 1 in 165 |
| Arkansas | #30 | 147 | 1 in 143 |
| Alabama | #31 | 230 | 1 in 154 |
| South Carolina | #31 | 152 | 1 in 170 |
| Wyoming | #31 | 16 | 1 in 126 |
| Virginia | #32 | 225 | 1 in 144 |
| Georgia | #34 | 210 | 1 in 188 |
| Kentucky | #34 | 215 | 1 in 151 |
| Louisiana | #35 | 179 | 1 in 169 |
| New Mexico | #37 | 44 | 1 in 166 |
| Tennessee | #37 | 202 | 1 in 179 |
| Delaware | #39 | 20 | 1 in 136 |
| Maryland | #39 | 120 | 1 in 176 |
| West Virginia | #41 | 120 | 1 in 182 |
| California | #44 | 421 | 1 in 236 |
| District of Columbia | #45 | 59 | 1 in 181 |
| Idaho | #45 | 26 | 1 in 197 |
| Kansas | #45 | 80 | 1 in 207 |
| Oklahoma | #45 | 103 | 1 in 211 |
| Colorado | #46 | 58 | 1 in 219 |
| Illinois | #47 | 334 | 1 in 234 |
| Missouri | #47 | 179 | 1 in 205 |
| Nevada | #49 | 6 | 1 in 157 |
| New Hampshire | #49 | 27 | 1 in 170 |
| South Dakota | #51 | 29 | 1 in 195 |
| Montana | #52 | 21 | 1 in 231 |
| New York | #53 | 627 | 1 in 211 |
| Vermont | #54 | 18 | 1 in 174 |
| Pennsylvania | #55 | 433 | 1 in 229 |
| Nebraska | #56 | 46 | 1 in 253 |
| Hawaii | #57 | 24 | 1 in 199 |
| North Dakota | #58 | 27 | 1 in 228 |
| Oregon | #58 | 48 | 1 in 266 |
| Indiana | #61 | 140 | 1 in 269 |
| Minnesota | #61 | 105 | 1 in 282 |
| Iowa | #62 | 93 | 1 in 263 |
| Massachusetts | #62 | 185 | 1 in 241 |
| Michigan | #62 | 234 | 1 in 265 |
| New Jersey | #62 | 178 | 1 in 233 |
| Rhode Island | #63 | 32 | 1 in 220 |
| Ohio | #64 | 277 | 1 in 277 |
| Wisconsin | #64 | 116 | 1 in 283 |
| Connecticut | #67 | 67 | 1 in 263 |
| Maine | #75 | 32 | 1 in 262 |
| Washington | #76 | 69 | 1 in 324 |
| Utah | #77 | 23 | 1 in 316 |
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 Alice
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1906 at #8 (4,192 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 61 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 1905–1910
- Top 100: 89 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 64
- 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 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 1946
girls
#44
7,363 births · 1 in 213 girls
boys
#1,692
18 births · 1 in 90,224 boys
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 213 of them was named Alice, which outranked 99.2% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Alice
Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 90,224 of them was named Alice, which outranked 57.9% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Alice
- #1,642Waylon19
- #1,642Winthrop19
- #1,642Ysidro19
- #1,692Alice18
- #1,692Ace18
- #1,692Bartley18
- #1,692Bernardino18
- #1,759Adrain17
- #1,759Alma17
- #1,759Almon17
Tied with 66 names at #1,692; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.