Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alicia

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Sweet
Spanish
Noble; variant of Alice and Adelaide

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alicia

Pronunciation

a-li-cia

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #1891, 39 births); most recent 2005 (rank #11466, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1984 (rank #40, 7,819 births); most recent 2025 (rank #460, 672 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–672
2024–708
2023–702
2022–759
2021–754
2020–753
2019–755
2018–793
2017–872
2016–865

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #60, 938 births); most recent 2025 (rank #514, 78 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202578
202497
2023117
2022140
2021136
2020147
2019216
2018270
2017256
2016266

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #38, 2,035 births); most recent 2023 (rank #99, 580 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023580
2022658
2021727
2020839
2019859
2018995
20171,124
20161,109
20151,296
20141,421

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #94, 75 births); most recent 2025 (rank #353, 11 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202511
202410
202313
202218
202117
202020
201926
201823
201728
201636

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #81, 63 births); most recent 2025 (rank #539, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20255
20244
20233
202210
20217
202014
20197
201813
201718
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #51, 37 births); most recent 2022 (rank #266, 6 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20226
20213
20205
2019–
201810
201711
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1985 (rank #38, 96 births); most recent 2023 (rank #456, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20237
20229
202110
202011
201916
201811
20179
201619
201516
201422

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence