Alice
Norman French Aalis, worn down from the Germanic Adalheidis, “noble kind.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland kept it a Victorian-era fixture; after fading at midcentury it returned with the 2010s vintage revival.
Alice appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in 89 different years between 1880 and 2025. It spent 10 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1921, when 11,955 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 15 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1880, at No. 8. In 2025 it ranked No. 65 for girls. All told, 590,106 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Alyce (17,539), Alyse (7,671), Alize (5,684), Alise (3,613), Alysse (1,505), Alys (1,359) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Allison, Alicia, Alison
Explore Alice interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17,142 | No. 8 |
| 1890s | 24,415 | No. 11 |
| 1900s | 35,232 | No. 8 |
| 1910s | 85,866 | No. 10 |
| 1920s | 110,526 | No. 15 |
| 1930s | 78,968 | No. 20 |
| 1940s | 72,392 | No. 32 |
| 1950s | 52,074 | No. 57 |
| 1960s | 26,954 | No. 119 |
| 1970s | 11,132 | No. 198 |
| 1980s | 7,330 | No. 302 |
| 1990s | 6,466 | No. 345 |
| 2000s | 8,271 | No. 257 |
| 2010s | 30,636 | No. 70 |
| 2020s | 20,743 | No. 63 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.