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.

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