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Alice

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~221,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#65 among girls
Births in 2025
3,547 590,106 since 1880
Typical age
66 years, median

Alice popularity over time

Alice rank by birth year, 1880–2025Alice ranked #8 in 1880 and #65 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #8, in 1880.#10#100#65best #8 in 188018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Alice was used most in 1921, when 11,990 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 89 separate years.

The 2025 position is #65, on 3,547 births.

Babies named Alice per yearPeaks at 11,990 births in 1921.11,990 in 1921018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Alice?

An estimated 221,000 living Americans are called Alice. SSA has recorded 590,106 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Alice?

Half of living Alices are older than 66, half younger. More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Alice a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Alice

Ages of living people named AliceHalf of living Alices are older than 66 and half younger.median 66020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Alice is most common

Alice is 3.6× as common in Vermont as it is nationally. District of Columbia, Alaska and Maine follow.

Where Alice is used more than average5 states use the name Alice more than the national average.Alaska: 2.6× the national rateAKMaine: 2.5× the national rateMEVermont: 3.6× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 2.2× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 3.0× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Alice is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 88 3.6×
District of Columbia 196 3.0×
Alaska 124 2.6×
Maine 191 2.5×
Utah 812 2.2×

Alice in England and Wales

ONS recorded 825 births named Alice in 2025, ranking it #52. That is 42% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Alice comes from

From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz + *haiduz. Doublet of Adelaide.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Alice

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Alice Munro Canadian writer 1931–2024 127
Alice Walker American author and activist 1944 95
Alice Cooper American singer 1948 82
Alice Weidel German politician (born 1979), AfD 1979 59
Alice Brady American actress 1892–1939 52
Alice Paul American suffragist, feminist, and activist 1885–1977 48
Alice Eve British actress 1982 46
Alice Ball African American chemist 1892–1916 42
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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