# Alice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “noble”, “character” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæl.ɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Alix |
| US babies named this | 590,106 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,959 / 588,147 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 47,640, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## What it means

Alice is grouped under noble.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,195 | 142 |
| 2012 | 2,503 | 127 |
| 2013 | 2,940 | 107 |
| 2014 | 3,055 | 98 |
| 2015 | 3,426 | 87 |
| 2016 | 3,692 | 76 |
| 2017 | 3,826 | 70 |
| 2018 | 3,667 | 71 |
| 2019 | 3,552 | 73 |
| 2020 | 3,296 | 76 |
| 2021 | 3,509 | 65 |
| 2022 | 3,511 | 64 |
| 2023 | 3,349 | 66 |
| 2024 | 3,531 | 63 |
| 2025 | 3,547 | 65 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 8 | 4,161 |
| 1979 | 10 | 3,813 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,028 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,504 |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,712 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,309 |
| 1989 | 14 | 3,815 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,664 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,353 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,191 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,169 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,247 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,224 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,875 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,010 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,554 | 37 |
| 2012 | 1,577 | 32 |
| 2013 | 1,749 | 27 |
| 2014 | 1,783 | 25 |
| 2015 | 2,006 | 24 |
| 2016 | 2,264 | 17 |
| 2017 | 2,122 | 17 |
| 2018 | 1,827 | 24 |
| 2019 | 1,695 | 25 |
| 2020 | 1,432 | 27 |
| 2021 | 1,359 | 31 |
| 2022 | 1,119 | 38 |
| 2023 | 955 | 50 |
| 2024 | 896 | 49 |
| 2025 | 825 | 52 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَلِيس
- Catalan: Alícia
- Chinese: 愛麗絲 /爱丽丝
- Czech: Alice
- Danish: Alice
- Dutch: Alice, Adelheid
- Finnish: Aliisa, Alisa, Liisa
- French: Alice
- German: Alice
- Greek: Αλίκη
- Icelandic: Lísa
- Italian: Alice
- Japanese: アリス
- Korean: 앨리스
- Latin: Alicia, Adelaidis
- Latvian: Alise
- Lithuanian: Alisa
- Norwegian: Alice
- Polish: Alicja
- Portuguese: Alice

## People named Alice

- Alice Munro, Canadian writer (1931–2024)
- Alice Walker, American author and activist (born 1944)
- Alice Cooper, American singer (born 1948)
- Alice Brady, American actress (1892–1939)
- Alice Paul, American suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885–1977)
- Alice Eve, British actress
- Alice Augusta Ball, African American chemist (1892–1916)
- Alice Guy-Blaché, French film director (1873–1968)
- Alice Walton, American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Alice Braga, Brazilian actress and producer (b. 1983)
- Alice Faye, American actress and singer (1915–1998)
- Alice Liddell, English woman, basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" (1852–1934)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.