How popular is the name Alicia?

Alicia ranks 151st among girls' names in US records, with 288,849 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,371.

Is Alicia a unisex name?

No. Alicia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1984, when 10,141 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Alisha. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#151 of girl names

Pronounced AA0 L IY1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)

Alicia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 288,849 children — the 151st most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 48% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1984, when 10,141 children were given it.

Alisha is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1984Girls: 10,141Boys: 46

These spellings sound identical to Alicia and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Alicia?: Alicia ranks 151st among girls' names in US records, with 288,849 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,371.
Is Alicia a unisex name?: No. Alicia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Alicia most popular?: 1984, when 10,141 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Alicia spelled?: Alisha. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.