Girls' name · peaked in 1880
Alice name popularity since 1925
369,067 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alice. Half of them were born in 1947 or earlier, so the typical Alice is about 79 years old in 2026. Alice peaked in 1880 as the #8 name for girls, and it ranked #65 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 369,067
- Named Alice, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #8 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #65
- for girls in 2025 (3,547 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 367,796 girls · 1,271 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 1.65× its national share
Peak year is the year Alice made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alice births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Alice peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Steepest fall: Between 1974 and 1979, Alice's share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 1,240 to 1 in 2,060.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, it became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 1,840 baby girls to 1 in 597.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alice's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alice.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alice in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 52,830 | 227 | – |
| 1930s | 78,968 | 398 | #25 |
| 1940s | 72,392 | 259 | #41 |
| 1950s | 52,074 | 156 | #87 |
| 1960s | 26,954 | 95 | #145 |
| 1970s | 11,132 | 52 | #231 |
| 1980s | 7,330 | 40 | #353 |
| 1990s | 6,466 | 6 | #442 |
| 2000s | 8,271 | 0 | #413 |
| 2010s | 30,636 | 25 | #87 |
| 2020–25 | 20,743 | 13 | #65 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.7% of babies named Alice from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Alice is most popular
The index compares Alice's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alice.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 1.65× | 7,395 |
| West Virginia | 1.58× | 5,135 |
| Alaska | 1.50× | 828 |
| North Dakota | 1.48× | 1,732 |
| Arkansas | 1.41× | 5,366 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alice and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alice (this page) | 367,796 | 1880 |
| Alyce | 11,479 | 1921 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alice's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alice.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alice (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data