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Alice

girl name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
2
Peak era
1890s/1900s
Today
▲ Rising

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Meaning

"of noble kind," from Adalheidis worn down through Old French Aalis; a medieval queen's name that Lewis Carroll sent down the rabbit hole into permanent storybook fame. The vintage revival returned it to the top tier across Europe and beyond

Goes by Ali, Allie. See all nicknames

Famously borne by Alice Neel, whose portraits included pregnant nudes and Harlem neighbors. Famously borne by Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.

The story

Alice arrived in England with the Normans as Aalis, worn down from the Germanic Adelais, a name meaning noble, and by the Middle Ages it was everywhere from castle to village. Its modern fame has one great source: in 1865 Lewis Carroll sent a fictional Alice down the rabbit hole, borrowing the name of a real little girl, Alice Liddell, and fixed it forever as the name of curious, level-headed girls in impossible situations. American parents of a century ago used it in droves, as the early records show. Fashion drifted away through the postwar decades, and by the 1970s Alice had gone quiet without ever disappearing. Then came the vintage revival: the name has been climbing again for two decades and now stands among the strongest risers of its era, an heirloom back in daily use.

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Alice across languages

One shared root links 21 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: a Germanic family sharing adal, "noble"; Adalheidis means "noble kind," and led through Adelais and Old French Aalis to Alice

The constellation

AliceEnglishAdelaideEnglishAdelaidaSpanishAliciaSpanishAdelaSpanishAdeleFrench
15 more branches of this family
AlyceEnglish · variantAlisonEnglish · diminutiveAllisonEnglish · variantAlysonEnglish · variantAllieEnglish · short formAddieEnglish · short formAdaEnglish · short formAdellaEnglish · variantAdeliaEnglish · related formAdelineFrench · diminutiveAdalineEnglish · variantAdelynEnglish · variantAdalynEnglish · variantAdalynnEnglish · variantAlineFrench · short form

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How popular is Alice around the world?

In the United States, 20,756 babies were named Alice between 2020 and 2025. In France, about 2,130 girls named Alice were born in 2025, the 10th most common name among girls that year.

Alice is on the official records of the United States, France, Brazil, South Australia, Canada, Chile, Ireland, England and Wales, New Zealand, Scotland, Norway, New South Wales, Mexico City, Austria, Argentina, Poland and Spain.

Alice crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record, of a Spanish-speaking one and of Brazil’s 2022 census, which counts people of every age. The full lists: English and Spanish · English and Portuguese · Spanish and Portuguese

United States

1 in 1,000

In the United States, 20,756 babies were named Alice between 2020 and 2025.

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Alice peaked in the 1890s and the 1900s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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France

1 in 300

In France, about 2,130 girls named Alice were born in 2025, the 10th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19062025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Brazil

1 in 420

At the 2022 census, 488,951 people in Brazil were named Alice, the 44th most common name, with a median age of 7.
Among people named Alice living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 118,235 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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South Australia

1 in 450 · 2017

In South Australia, 41 girls were registered as Alice in 2017.

1944peak 19902017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 480

In Canada, 756 girls named Alice were born in 2024, the 12th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2018

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Chile

1 in 500

In Chile, 354 girls were registered as Alice in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Ireland

1 in 510

In Ireland, 107 girls named Alice were born in 2025, the 41st most common name among girls that year.

1964peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 710

In England and Wales, 825 girls named Alice were born in 2025, the 52nd most common name among girls that year.

peak 19962025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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New Zealand

1 in 840

In New Zealand, 69 girls named Alice were registered in 2025.

peak 19062025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Scotland

1 in 850

In Scotland, 54 girls named Alice were registered in 2024, the 76th most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 2017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Norway

1 in 1,000 · register 2026

In Norway, 26 girls were given the name Alice in 2025.

1945peak 2015

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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New South Wales

#76 · 2025

In New South Wales, 96 girls named Alice were registered in 2025, ranked 76th in that year’s top 100 for girls.

1980peak 2018

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Mexico City City

1 in 1,600

In Mexico City, there were 72 registrations of Alice in 2022.

2000peak 2017

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Austria

1 in 2,400

In Austria, 32 girls named Alice were born in 2025, the 187th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2020

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Argentina

1 in 2,600

In Argentina, 255 newborns were given the name Alice in 2024.

2012peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Poland

1 in 19,000

In Poland, 13 girls named Alice were born in 2025, the 321st most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 20152025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Spain

1 in 20,000

In Spain, 2,207 residents are named Alice, the 865th most common name among women, with a mean age of 22.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Montevideo City

last on record 2009

Alice is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2024

Alice is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 145 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 2021

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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