Girl name#1,270 of girl names
Alecia
Pronounced EY1 L S IY1 AY1 EY1 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1987
- 108 years in use
How popular is Alecia?
Alecia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1917. It has been given to 12,032 children — the 1,270th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 271 births across the past decade, against a peak of 362 in a single year. That peak was in 1987.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EY1 L S IY1 AY1 EY1
- Stress pattern:
- 1111
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Alecia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Alecia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Alecia?
- Alecia ranks 1,270th among girls' names in US records, with 12,032 births since 1917. Over the past decade it accounts for 271.
- Is Alecia a unisex name?
- No. Alecia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Alecia most popular?
- 1987, when 362 children were given the name. It has been in use for 108 years and is still recorded as of 2024.