Alcides
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-SEE-des
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Alcides is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “descendant of Alcaeus”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Alcides mean?
Greek: Greek Alkeides, from alke 'strength'
“descendant of Alcaeus”
Alcides was a name of the hero Heracles, grandson of Alcaeus; it is used mainly in Spanish and Portuguese.
Is Alcides a girl's or a boy's name?
Alcides is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alcides in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Alcides, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alcides than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Alcides in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alcides in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
Names like Alcides
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares Luca Juancarlos Marquez Andres Osvaldo Ulises Alessandro Angel Luis Alvaro Rodrigo
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alcides: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alcides, updated 20 October 2026.