Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Alicia was most popular in 1984, when 7,853 American babies were given the name — ranking #91 that year. In 2025 it ranked #933, with 672 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 231,497 people named Alicia.
Alicia first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 144 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 231,497 American births named Alicia between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 214,979 are estimated to be alive today.
672 American babies were named Alicia in 2025, ranking #933 that year.
Alicia is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 719 births a year, against 1,071 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -33% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Alicia is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 231,497 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 214,979 Americans named Alicia are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 41 years old, and half are between 31 and 50.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Germanic · form of Alice, "noble kind"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org