Alicia

#460 for girls in 2025, 672 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 7,820 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
230,790
since 1881

Alicia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #40, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#460672—
2024#438708—
2023#440703—
2022#414760—
2021#417754—
2020#414753—
2019#414756—
2018#391794—
2017#359873—
2016#380866—
2015#359915—
2014#341978—
2013#3181,024—
2012#2701,205—
2011#2601,231—
2010#2191,433—
2009#2081,562—
2008#1771,866—
2007#1781,950—
2006#1642,133—
2005#1482,345#11,4725
2004#1302,517#9,9486
2003#1312,542—
2002#1212,820—
2001#1302,658—
2000#1212,762—
1999#1083,014—
1998#983,408—
1997#893,782#5,64210
1996#913,861#5,9829
1995#893,908#5,50110
1994#834,105#5,45210
1993#764,431#4,44713
1992#714,910#4,32713
1991#635,558#3,63616
1990#546,511#2,78023
1989#536,817#1,89139
1988#506,700#2,14629
1987#466,776#1,82935
1986#457,017#1,83733
1985#457,122#2,42721
1984#407,820#1,72333
1983#417,492#1,86429
1982#535,614#2,26922
1981#465,855#2,33821
1980#475,753#2,44420
1979#475,547#2,04825
1978#584,752#2,27920
1977#604,400#3,03713
1976#713,791#2,41718
1975#763,718#2,54016
1974#903,434#2,19919
1973#913,433#2,60614
1972#963,268#1,92822
1971#1053,590#1,98721
1970#1183,320#2,73912
1969#1173,046#3,9356
1968#1262,569#2,9079
1967#1502,304#2,9858
1966#1562,227—
1965#1592,354#2,61710
1964#1592,417#3,2827
1963#1732,215#3,0448
1962#1871,976#3,0418
1961#2061,674#3,0978
1960#2101,640—
1959#2311,366#3,9885
1958#2731,049—
1957#2601,101#3,2577
1956#2651,037#3,5356
1955#2621,029#2,9648
1954#279923—
1953#272914—
1952#273875—
1951#272826—
1950#276768—
1949#291707—
1948#291687—
1947#282747—
1946#312562—
1945#314460—
1944#333424—
1943#363394#3,5385
1942#373360#3,5605
1941#346358#2,6568
1940#373309#3,1306
1939#337354#3,1136
1938#370313—
1937#391274—
1936#384274—
1935#431223—
1934#426237—
1933#420232—
1932#410251#3,7765
1931#380289—
1930#370334—
1929#388301—
1928#389293—
1927#389308—
1926#415270#4,2015
1925#457228—
1924#469219—
1923#514185—
1922#556164—
1921#615141—
1920#587149—
1919#626125—
1918#647118—
1917#649110—
1916#70695—
1915#76175—
1914#78854—
1913#68957—
1912#73546—
1911#65044—
1910#76831—
1909#70632—
1908#63936—
1907#81921—
1906#91716—
1905#92616—
1904#80520—
1903#89615—
1902#1,4387—
1901#1,00711—
1900#88518—
1899#83515—
1898#82117—
1897#86714—
1896#95012—
1895#81515—
1894#81214—
1893#82613—
1892#90811—
1891#1,0937—
1890#79112—
1889#83910—
1888#83710—
1887#8608—
1886#69311—
1885#7938—
1884——
1883#6928—
1882#7407—
1881#6797—
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Alicia! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alicia is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #48 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 189 girlsAKMaine: #41 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 168 girlsMEVermont: #60 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 221 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #51 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 189 girlsNHWashington: #38 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 188 girlsWAIdaho: #39 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 164 girlsIDMontana: #53 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 213 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #43 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 175 girlsNDMinnesota: #53 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 235 girlsMNIllinois: #55 for girls · 267 births · 1 in 289 girlsILWisconsin: #78 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 379 girlsWIMichigan: #58 for girls · 206 births · 1 in 293 girlsMINew York: #60 for girls · 308 births · 1 in 324 girlsNYMassachusetts: #56 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 269 girlsMARhode Island: #25 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 106 girlsRIOregon: #42 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 206 girlsORNevada: #33 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 154 girlsNVWyoming: #36 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 153 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #72 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 312 girlsSDIowa: #48 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 242 girlsIAIndiana: #53 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 255 girlsINOhio: #50 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 265 girlsOHPennsylvania: #50 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 249 girlsPANew Jersey: #66 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 318 girlsNJConnecticut: #57 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 240 girlsCTCalifornia: #42 for girls · 770 births · 1 in 226 girlsCAUtah: #59 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 299 girlsUTColorado: #42 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 205 girlsCONebraska: #42 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 211 girlsNEMissouri: #58 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 278 girlsMOKentucky: #70 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 315 girlsKYWest Virginia: #50 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 226 girlsWVVirginia: #64 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 304 girlsVAMaryland: #76 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 367 girlsMDDelaware: #68 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 255 girlsDEArizona: #45 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 222 girlsAZNew Mexico: #39 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 183 girlsNMKansas: #52 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 261 girlsKSArkansas: #36 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 183 girlsARTennessee: #56 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 252 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #60 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 262 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #47 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 236 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #58 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 225 girlsDCOklahoma: #37 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 195 girlsOKLouisiana: #47 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 236 girlsLAMississippi: #47 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 228 girlsMSAlabama: #47 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 235 girlsALGeorgia: #47 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 238 girlsGAHawaii: #70 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 296 girlsHITexas: #54 for girls · 389 births · 1 in 308 girlsTXFlorida: #42 for girls · 220 births · 1 in 235 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#25 · 1 in 106
  2. Nevada#33 · 1 in 154
  3. Wyoming#36 · 1 in 153
  4. Arkansas#36 · 1 in 183
  5. Oklahoma#37 · 1 in 195

Best ever in a state: #22 in Mississippi, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#25431 in 106
Nevada#33271 in 154
Arkansas#36741 in 183
Wyoming#36211 in 153
Oklahoma#37991 in 195
Washington#381431 in 188
Idaho#39421 in 164
New Mexico#39511 in 183
Maine#41361 in 168
California#427701 in 226
Colorado#42961 in 205
Florida#422201 in 235
Nebraska#42511 in 211
Oregon#42841 in 206
North Dakota#43271 in 175
Arizona#45871 in 222
Alabama#47981 in 235
Georgia#471481 in 238
Louisiana#471301 in 236
Mississippi#47721 in 228
South Carolina#47761 in 236
Alaska#48151 in 189
Iowa#48831 in 242
Ohio#502771 in 265
Pennsylvania#502771 in 249
West Virginia#50531 in 226
New Hampshire#51281 in 189
Kansas#52581 in 261
Indiana#531451 in 255
Minnesota#531241 in 235
Montana#53221 in 213
Texas#543891 in 308
Illinois#552671 in 289
Massachusetts#561161 in 269
Tennessee#561131 in 252
Connecticut#57621 in 240
District of Columbia#58251 in 225
Michigan#582061 in 293
Missouri#581201 in 278
Utah#59551 in 299
New York#603081 in 324
North Carolina#601271 in 262
Vermont#60121 in 221
Virginia#64981 in 304
New Jersey#661171 in 318
Delaware#68121 in 255
Hawaii#70171 in 296
Kentucky#70791 in 315
South Dakota#72151 in 312
Maryland#76551 in 367
Wisconsin#78831 in 379

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 Alicia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#438 → #460)
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#414 → #460)
  • 101 spots since 2015 (#359 → #460)
  • Biggest jump: 542 spots in 1903 (#1,438 → #896)
  • Biggest drop: 302 spots in 1891 (#791 → #1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1984 at #40 (7,820 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1972–1998
  • Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1903–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 215
  • Highest: 1 in 215 girls born in 1984 were named Alicia (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,392 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Alicia (66,966) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s69#679 (1881)#767
1890s130#791 (1890)#872
1900s192#639 (1908)#904
1910s755#626 (1919)#702
1920s2,258#388 (1929)#478
1930s2,781#337 (1939)#392
1940s5,008#282 (1947)#328
1950s9,888#231 (1959)#266
1960s22,422#117 (1969)#164
1970s39,253#47 (1979)#81
1980s66,966#40 (1984)#47
1990s43,488#54 (1990)#82
2000s23,155#121 (2002)#151
2010s10,075#219 (2010)#331
2020s4,350#414 (2022)#431

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.

Alicia in 1980

girls
#47
5,753 births · 1 in 289 girls
boys
#2,444
20 births · 1 in 89,198 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #47Alicia5,753

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #2,444Alicia20
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 289 of them was named Alicia, which outranked 99.6% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alicia
  1. #44Katie6,137
  2. #45Monica6,034
  3. #46Carrie5,761
  4. #47Alicia5,753
  5. #48Courtney5,618
  6. #49Misty5,541
  7. #50Kathryn5,527
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 89,198 of them was named Alicia, which outranked 66.5% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alicia
  1. #2,367Wendel21
  2. #2,367Young21
  3. #2,367Zacharias21
  4. #2,444Alicia20
  5. #2,444Alexandros20
  6. #2,444Alma20
  7. #2,444Amando20
  8. #2,536Aarron19
  9. #2,536Alireza19
  10. #2,536Amer19

Tied with 91 names at #2,444; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →