Alice
Reached English through Old French Aalis, a shortening of Adelais, which came from the Germanic Adalheidis — adal, 'noble', joined with heid, meaning sort or kind.
Alice in 2025
Alice was given to 3,547 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 171st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 935 babies born.
The history of Alice
Alice reached its highest point in 1921, when 11,990 babies were given the name, ranking 31st that year. Its best-ever ranking was 12th, in 1906.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 590,106 babies have been named Alice. Half of them were born before 1932, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Alice by decade
| Decade | Babies named Alice | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17,198 | 23 |
| 1890s | 24,515 | 19 |
| 1900s | 35,355 | 12 |
| 1910s | 86,117 | 18 |
| 1920s | 110,911 | 31 |
| 1930s | 79,366 | 40 |
| 1940s | 72,651 | 59 |
| 1950s | 52,230 | 110 |
| 1960s | 27,049 | 227 |
| 1970s | 11,184 | 372 |
| 1980s | 7,370 | 585 |
| 1990s | 6,472 | 668 |
| 2000s | 8,271 | 533 |
| 2010s | 30,661 | 179 |
| 2020s | 20,756 | 168 |
Where Alice is heading
Alice has held roughly steady over the past decade, from 3,431 babies in 2015 to 3,547 in 2025.
Names like Alice
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Alice.