Alice
Girl nameAlice has been given to 590,106 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921 and currently ranks #65 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈæl.ɪs/
From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) +‎ *haiduz (“character”). Doublet of Adelaide.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
590,106
Peak year
1921 (11,990 babies)
Rank in 2025
#65 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +3%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Alice
Alice Munro
Canadian writer (1931–2024)
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
Alice Walker
American author and activist (born 1944)
Alice Cooper
American singer (born 1948)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Alice.
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