girls' name ★ peaked 1921

Alice

Meaning noble Gender Girl Rank 2025 #65 Trend → Stable

From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) +‎ *haiduz (“character”).

Rank 2025
#65
among girls · ↓2 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
3,547
named Alice
How common
1 in 453
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1921
11,990 babies
All-time total
590,106
#48 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Alice popularity over time

590,106 babies have been named Alice since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 17,142 56 17,198 1,720 – #8
1890s 24,415 100 24,515 2,452 +43% #11
1900s 35,232 123 35,355 3,536 +44% #8
1910s 85,866 251 86,117 8,612 +144% #10
1920s 110,526 385 110,911 11,091 +29% #15
1930s 78,968 398 79,366 7,937 -28% #20
1940s 72,392 259 72,651 7,265 -8% #32
1950s 52,074 156 52,230 5,223 -28% #57
1960s 26,954 95 27,049 2,705 -48% #119
1970s 11,132 52 11,184 1,118 -59% #198
1980s 7,330 40 7,370 737 -34% #302
1990s 6,466 6 6,472 647 -12% #345
2000s 8,271 – 8,271 827 +28% #257
2010s 30,636 25 30,661 3,066 +271% #70
2020s (to 2025) 20,743 13 20,756 3,459 +13% #63

Where Alice is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 3,561 2.22 #64
2027 3,572 2.22 #64
2028 3,582 2.23 #64
2029 3,591 2.23 #64
2030 3,598 2.24 #64

Where Alice is most popular

Girls named Alice per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 2.15 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, Vermont, and Alaska.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Alice born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 89 7.51 +249%
Vermont 34 7.01 +226%
Alaska 52 6.04 +181%
Maine 91 5.88 +174%
Wyoming 25 5.86 +173%
New Hampshire 102 5.52 +157%
Utah 388 4.66 +117%
North Dakota 59 4.49 +109%
Massachusetts 527 4.36 +103%
Idaho 142 4.24 +97%
Oregon 258 3.96 +84%
Connecticut 216 3.71 +73%
Montana 48 3.55 +65%
Washington 505 3.50 +63%
Nevada 162 3.49 +62%
Florida 1,401 3.27 +52%
Hawaii 35 3.05 +42%
Minnesota 329 3.05 +42%
Rhode Island 38 3.03 +41%
Maryland 317 2.99 +39%
Nebraska 107 2.98 +38%
Colorado 329 2.95 +37%
Oklahoma 212 2.88 +34%
Missouri 345 2.86 +33%
Virginia 484 2.84 +32%
New Mexico 69 2.84 +32%
Tennessee 449 2.83 +32%
West Virginia 74 2.82 +31%
Louisiana 245 2.80 +30%
South Carolina 249 2.77 +29%
Arkansas 144 2.72 +27%
Wisconsin 280 2.72 +26%
Kansas 156 2.70 +26%
Arizona 365 2.60 +21%
Iowa 151 2.58 +20%
Michigan 466 2.56 +19%
Alabama 240 2.56 +19%
South Dakota 36 2.52 +17%
Indiana 354 2.52 +17%
Kentucky 211 2.47 +15%
North Carolina 537 2.36 +10%
New Jersey 420 2.33 +8%
Illinois 528 2.31 +7%
New York 901 2.28 +6%
Ohio 534 2.25 +5%
Mississippi 105 2.24 ≈ national
Pennsylvania 525 2.22 ≈ national
Delaware 25 2.20 ≈ national
Georgia 495 2.18 ≈ national
Texas 1,752 2.18 ≈ national
California 1,813 2.16 ≈ national

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Alice

Alice is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #65 in 2025 with 3,547 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 590,106 American babies have been named Alice. Its peak came in 1921, when 11,990 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1920s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Alice stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alice?

The median living Alice is about 66 years old; half are between 20 and 79. An estimated 222 thousand people named Alice are alive in the United States today.

median 66 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Alice year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 3,547 #65 – –
2024 3,531 #63 6 #11,010
2023 3,349 #66 – –
2022 3,511 #64 7 #9,875
2021 3,509 #65 – –
2020 3,296 #76 – –
2019 3,552 #73 5 #12,224
2018 3,667 #71 5 #12,247
2017 3,826 #70 – –
2016 3,692 #76 – –
2015 3,426 #87 5 #12,169
2014 3,055 #98 5 #12,191
2013 2,940 #107 – –
2012 2,503 #127 5 #12,353
2011 2,195 #142 – –
2010 1,780 #173 – –
2009 1,276 #257 – –
2008 1,025 #328 – –
2007 952 #346 – –
2006 847 #382 – –
2005 756 #413 – –
2004 756 #403 – –
2003 700 #431 – –
2002 657 #444 – –
2001 633 #440 – –
2000 669 #422 – –
1995 580 #442 – –
1990 773 #345 – –
1985 668 #353 8 #4,712
1980 738 #328 – –
1975 1,055 #231 5 #5,483
1970 1,621 #201 – –
1965 2,564 #145 14 #2,179
1960 4,051 #119 12 #2,426
1955 5,079 #87 11 #2,438
1950 6,363 #57 14 #2,022
1945 6,359 #41 25 #1,327
1940 7,603 #32 34 #1,136
1935 7,443 #25 38 #1,041
1930 9,516 #20 51 #944
1925 11,576 #15 51 #945
1920 11,596 #15 28 #1,385
1915 10,525 #13 27 #1,267
1910 4,671 #10 15 #782
1905 3,610 #10 15 #615
1900 3,059 #14 8 #972
1895 2,457 #17 8 #796
1890 2,271 #14 10 #631
1885 1,681 #11 9 #642
1880 1,414 #8 – –

Famous people named Alice

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Alice Cooper Alice Cooper American rock singer (born 1948) Contemporary
  2. 2 Alice Eve Alice Eve British actress (born 1982) Contemporary
  3. 3 Alice Braga Alice Braga Brazilian actress and producer (born 1983) Contemporary
  4. 4 Alice Walton Alice Walton American heiress (born 1949) Contemporary
  5. 5 Alice Walker Alice Walker American author and activist (born 1944) Contemporary
  6. 6 Alice Krige Alice Krige South African actress (born 1954) Contemporary
  7. 7 Alice Coltrane Alice Coltrane American jazz musician (1937–2007) Contemporary
  8. 8 Alice Munro Alice Munro Canadian short story writer (1931–2024) Contemporary
  9. 9 Alice Paul Alice Paul American activist (1885–1977) 19th century
  10. 10 Alice Liddell Alice Liddell Basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" 1852–1934 · 19th century
  11. 11 Alice B. Toklas Alice B. Toklas American artist (1877–1967) 19th century
  12. 12 Alice Ball Alice Ball Black American chemist (1892–1916) 19th century
  13. 13 Alice Faye Alice Faye American actress and singer (1915–1998) Contemporary
  14. 14 Alice Bailey Alice Bailey American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880–1949) 19th century
  15. 15 Alice Drummond Alice Drummond American actress (1928–2016) Contemporary
  16. 16 Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Guy-Blaché French film director (1873–1968) 19th century
  17. 17 Alice Prin Alice Prin French model and painter (1901–1953) Contemporary
  18. 18 Alice Miller Alice Miller Swiss psychologist (1923–2010) Contemporary
  19. 19 Alice Brady Alice Brady American actress (1892–1939) 19th century
  20. 20 Alice Coachman Alice Coachman American high jumper 1923–2014 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Alice, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Alice?

The median living Alice is about 66 years old. Half of all living Alices are between 20 and 79 years old.

How many people named Alice are alive today?

An estimated 222 thousand people named Alice are alive in the United States, based on 590,106 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Alice mean?

From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) +‎ *haiduz (“character”).

How popular is the name Alice in 2025?

Alice ranked #65 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 3,547 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alice?

590,106 babies have been named Alice in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alice most popular?

Alice peaked in 1921, when 11,990 newborns received the name.

Is Alice a boy or girl name?

Alice is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Alice rising or falling?

Alice is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Alice become more popular?

Alice looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,598 girls named Alice in 2030, ranking around #64. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Alice?

Well-known people named Alice include Alice Cooper (musician), Alice Eve (actor), Alice Braga (actor).

Names like Alice

Names that sound and feel close to Alice: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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