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Alice Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Alice?

In 2018 the popular name Alice, ranked the 71st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 100 most popular, Alice has been a top 500 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #8 for the first time in 1880 and as recently as 1906.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1921 with 11,956 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Alice in any given year was 579 in 1997.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alice occurred roughly during the years 1881-1884, 1885-1888, 1901-1906, 1907-1918, and 2008-2016, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1924-1929, 1930-1933, 1942-1945, 1965-1972, and 1973-1977.

Alice's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Alice has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alice?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Alice is favored by many parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Alice (Girl)Alice (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 3,643 71 5 12,173
2017 3,816 70 < 5 --
2016 3,682 76 < 5 --
2015 3,418 87 5 12,142
2014 3,052 98 5 12,168
2013 2,935 107 < 5 --
2012 2,501 127 5 12,330
2011 2,192 142 < 5 --
2010 1,779 172 < 5 --
2009 1,275 257 < 5 --
2008 1,025 328 < 5 --
2007 950 347 < 5 --
2006 844 383 < 5 --
2005 753 414 < 5 --
2004 756 402 < 5 --
2003 699 431 < 5 --
2002 655 444 < 5 --
2001 631 439 < 5 --
2000 668 422 < 5 --
1999 651 423 < 5 --
1998 594 439 < 5 --
1997 579 439 < 5 --
1996 593 430 < 5 --
1995 579 442 < 5 --
1994 596 421 < 5 --
1993 684 373 6 7,663
1992 686 372 < 5 --
1991 724 355 < 5 --
1990 772 345 < 5 --
1989 742 343 14 3,815
1988 821 301 5 7,304
1987 770 314 < 5 --
1986 710 339 < 5 --
1985 669 352 8 4,710
1984 685 337 < 5 --
1983 699 329 6 5,504
1982 747 324 7 5,027
1981 746 316 < 5 --
1980 739 327 < 5 --
1979 777 308 10 3,812
1978 792 292 8 4,161
1977 858 278 < 5 --
1976 955 246 5 5,608
1975 1,055 231 5 5,484
1974 1,181 216 12 2,950
1973 1,186 214 < 5 --
1972 1,198 231 7 3,971
1971 1,507 197 5 4,929
1970 1,621 200 < 5 --
1969 1,713 185 7 3,606
1968 1,731 187 7 3,369
1967 1,928 168 5 3,976
1966 2,221 157 8 2,981
1965 2,567 145 14 2,173
1964 2,841 141 8 3,052
1963 3,065 138 12 2,416
1962 3,253 133 11 2,507
1961 3,583 126 11 2,533
1960 4,049 119 12 2,423
1959 4,153 112 12 2,417
1958 4,126 115 19 1,834
1957 4,432 106 21 1,755
1956 4,681 98 7 3,226
1955 5,074 87 11 2,440
1954 5,267 81 10 2,592
1953 5,745 73 24 1,553
1952 5,912 69 19 1,750
1951 6,310 62 19 1,726
1950 6,363 57 14 2,022
1949 6,659 53 13 2,124
1948 6,981 49 16 1,881
1947 7,848 47 21 1,646
1946 7,364 44 18 1,692
1945 6,358 41 25 1,327
1944 7,102 38 27 1,284
1943 7,648 38 32 1,215
1942 7,378 39 34 1,194
1941 7,446 34 39 1,039
1940 7,602 32 34 1,137
1939 7,368 31 31 1,171
1938 7,490 29 31 1,170
1937 7,122 28 41 982
1936 7,201 27 37 1,051
1935 7,442 25 38 1,041
1934 7,784 25 36 1,092
1933 7,695 22 40 1,013
1932 8,534 21 50 915
1931 8,816 21 43 1,014
1930 9,516 20 51 944
1929 9,479 21 47 983
1928 10,139 19 37 1,165
1927 10,680 17 43 1,080
1926 10,956 17 49 979
1925 11,574 15 51 945
1924 11,538 15 39 1,153
1923 11,330 15 27 1,422
1922 11,277 15 29 1,367
1921 11,956 15 35 1,227
1920 11,596 15 28 1,385
1919 11,141 13 28 1,351
1918 11,590 13 34 1,192
1917 10,990 13 25 1,398
1916 10,719 13 30 1,207
1915 10,525 13 27 1,267
1914 8,198 12 30 1,019
1913 6,934 11 24 1,023
1912 6,285 11 23 937
1911 4,813 11 15 859
1910 4,671 10 15 782
1909 4,170 10 15 716
1908 4,270 9 11 826
1907 4,107 9 14 700
1906 4,192 8 20 504
1905 3,610 10 15 615
1904 3,131 13 9 812
1903 2,996 12 9 783
1902 3,135 10 12 652
1901 2,562 12 10 684
1900 3,059 14 8 972
1899 2,523 12 7 857
1898 2,846 11 12 638
1897 2,431 16 17 474
1896 2,651 12 13 594
1895 2,457 17 8 796
1894 2,414 17 5 1,079
1893 2,434 13 11 617
1892 2,373 14 8 797
1891 2,015 16 9 639
1890 2,271 14 10 631
1889 2,145 12 9 674
1888 2,202 13 5 1,037
1887 1,819 14 10 583
1886 1,811 11 10 606
1885 1,681 11 9 642
1884 1,732 11 < 5 --
1883 1,488 11 6 802
1882 1,542 8 < 5 --
1881 1,308 10 7 710
1880 1,414 8 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.