# Alicia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alicia/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /əˈliːʃə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aleshia, Alisha, Alyshia, Alyssa, Alycia, Alissia, Alisia, Alecia, Elisha, Aleisha, Alysha |
| US babies named this | 231,497 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 707 / 230,790 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,434, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A Latinization of Alice, which is in turn from Old French Adelais, Germanic Adalheid.

## 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 | 1,231 | 260 |
| 2012 | 1,205 | 270 |
| 2013 | 1,024 | 318 |
| 2014 | 978 | 341 |
| 2015 | 915 | 359 |
| 2016 | 866 | 380 |
| 2017 | 873 | 359 |
| 2018 | 794 | 391 |
| 2019 | 756 | 414 |
| 2020 | 753 | 414 |
| 2021 | 754 | 417 |
| 2022 | 760 | 414 |
| 2023 | 703 | 440 |
| 2024 | 708 | 438 |
| 2025 | 672 | 460 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 21 | 2,428 |
| 1986 | 33 | 1,838 |
| 1987 | 35 | 1,829 |
| 1988 | 29 | 2,146 |
| 1989 | 39 | 1,891 |
| 1990 | 23 | 2,781 |
| 1991 | 16 | 3,642 |
| 1992 | 13 | 4,331 |
| 1993 | 13 | 4,457 |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,463 |
| 1995 | 10 | 5,516 |
| 1996 | 9 | 5,994 |
| 1997 | 10 | 5,656 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9,994 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,532 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 465 | 125 |
| 2012 | 389 | 147 |
| 2013 | 351 | 149 |
| 2014 | 313 | 173 |
| 2015 | 306 | 179 |
| 2016 | 266 | 201 |
| 2017 | 256 | 205 |
| 2018 | 270 | 195 |
| 2019 | 216 | 231 |
| 2020 | 147 | 313 |
| 2021 | 136 | 345 |
| 2022 | 140 | 313 |
| 2023 | 117 | 360 |
| 2024 | 97 | 439 |
| 2025 | 78 | 514 |

## People named Alicia

- Alicia Silverstone, American actress
- Alicia Witt, American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1975)
- Alicia Alonso, Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer (1920-2019)
- Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
- Alicia Garza, American activist and writer (born 1981)
- Alicia Machado, actress, TV show host, singer, Miss Universe 1996 and Miss Venezuela 1995
- Alicia Moreau de Justo, British-born Argentine politician (1885-1986)
- Alicia Rhett, American actress and portrait painter (1915–2014)
- Alicia Markova, British ballerina, choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet (1910-2004)
- Alicia von Rittberg, German actress
- Alicia Sacramone, American artistic gymnast (born 1987)
- Alicia Coutts, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

## 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.