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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #55 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 210 girlsAKMaine: #39 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 167 girlsMEVermont: #69 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 243 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #43 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 162 girlsNHWashington: #40 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 184 girlsWAIdaho: #44 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 173 girlsIDMontana: #50 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 201 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #45 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 159 girlsNDMinnesota: #44 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 179 girlsMNIllinois: #52 for girls · 290 births · 1 in 250 girlsILWisconsin: #49 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 223 girlsWIMichigan: #41 for girls · 310 births · 1 in 187 girlsMINew York: #52 for girls · 422 births · 1 in 265 girlsNYMassachusetts: #42 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 179 girlsMARhode Island: #31 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 121 girlsRIOregon: #44 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 194 girlsORNevada: #36 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 166 girlsNVWyoming: #37 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 144 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #33 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 131 girlsSDIowa: #41 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 170 girlsIAIndiana: #42 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 185 girlsINOhio: #47 for girls · 299 births · 1 in 226 girlsOHPennsylvania: #43 for girls · 349 births · 1 in 198 girlsPANew Jersey: #54 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 248 girlsNJConnecticut: #42 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 177 girlsCTCalifornia: #48 for girls · 820 births · 1 in 262 girlsCAUtah: #45 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 220 girlsUTColorado: #52 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 210 girlsCONebraska: #38 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 146 girlsNEMissouri: #46 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 206 girlsMOKentucky: #48 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 225 girlsKYWest Virginia: #45 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 189 girlsWVVirginia: #61 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 305 girlsVAMaryland: #54 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 260 girlsMDDelaware: #51 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 190 girlsDEArizona: #34 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 184 girlsAZNew Mexico: #34 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 159 girlsNMKansas: #44 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 192 girlsKSArkansas: #42 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 198 girlsARTennessee: #47 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 219 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #47 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 215 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #44 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 202 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #49 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 197 girlsDCOklahoma: #45 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 216 girlsOKLouisiana: #47 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 223 girlsLAMississippi: #42 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 208 girlsMSAlabama: #52 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 250 girlsALGeorgia: #50 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 243 girlsGAHawaii: #28 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 143 girlsHITexas: #62 for girls · 412 births · 1 in 313 girlsTXFlorida: #50 for girls · 279 births · 1 in 249 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#28 · 1 in 143
  2. Rhode Island#31 · 1 in 121
  3. South Dakota#33 · 1 in 131
  4. New Mexico#34 · 1 in 159
  5. Arizona#34 · 1 in 184

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#28341 in 143
Rhode Island#31431 in 121
South Dakota#33311 in 131
Arizona#341331 in 184
New Mexico#34601 in 159
Nevada#36321 in 166
Wyoming#37141 in 144
Nebraska#38631 in 146
Maine#39371 in 167
Washington#401481 in 184
Iowa#41921 in 170
Michigan#413101 in 187
Arkansas#42621 in 198
Connecticut#421031 in 177
Indiana#421741 in 185
Massachusetts#422011 in 179
Mississippi#42641 in 208
New Hampshire#43391 in 162
Pennsylvania#433491 in 198
Idaho#44301 in 173
Kansas#44741 in 192
Minnesota#441511 in 179
Oregon#44791 in 194
South Carolina#44901 in 202
North Dakota#45251 in 159
Oklahoma#45831 in 216
Utah#45611 in 220
West Virginia#45481 in 189
Missouri#461521 in 206
Louisiana#471181 in 223
North Carolina#471731 in 215
Ohio#472991 in 226
Tennessee#471291 in 219
California#488201 in 262
Kentucky#48931 in 225
District of Columbia#49291 in 197
Wisconsin#491301 in 223
Florida#502791 in 249
Georgia#501611 in 243
Montana#50191 in 201
Delaware#51181 in 190
Alabama#52861 in 250
Colorado#521001 in 210
Illinois#522901 in 250
New York#524221 in 265
Maryland#54981 in 260
New Jersey#541761 in 248
Alaska#55171 in 210
Virginia#611141 in 305
Texas#624121 in 313
Vermont#69111 in 243

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 1987

girls
#46
6,776 births · 1 in 257 girls
boys
#1,829
35 births · 1 in 53,342 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #46Alicia6,776

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #1,829Alicia35
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 257 of them was named Alicia, which outranked 99.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alicia
  1. #43Vanessa7,348
  2. #44Allison7,341
  3. #45Shannon6,968
  4. #46Alicia6,776
  5. #47Chelsea6,631
  6. #48Christine6,620
  7. #49Lindsay6,530
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 53,342 of them was named Alicia, which outranked 77.6% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alicia
  1. #1,793Rishi36
  2. #1,793Shae36
  3. #1,793Zachry36
  4. #1,829Alicia35
  5. #1,829Antuan35
  6. #1,829Antwoine35
  7. #1,829Baltazar35
  8. #1,864Alexandra34
  9. #1,864Anselmo34
  10. #1,864Augustin34

Tied with 34 names at #1,829; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →