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Alice

Gender
Girl
Say it
AL-is
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#51 for girls
US rank, 2025
#65 for girls

Timeless

Alice is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 51st for girls in the UK (931 babies) and 65th for girls in the US (3,547 babies).

What does Alice mean?

Germanic: via Old French Aalis, from Adalheidis

“noble kind”

Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) for a real girl, Alice Liddell.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Alice a girl's or a boy's name?

Alice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 931 girls in the UK and 3,547 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alice in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#51among girls
Babies in 2025
931about 1 in 300 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 45% in five years
Same name in a class
4.6%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 931 girls in the UK were named Alice, making it the 51st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 29th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 2,431 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Alice since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Alice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 1,017 girls in the UK were given Alice or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #53.

Among girls in 2025, it was 52nd in England and Wales, 52nd in Scotland and 65th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#8), 1914 (#13), 1924 (#30), 1934 (#66), 1984 (#83), 1994 (#18), 2004 (#39), 2014 (#25) and 2024 (#49).

1996Busiest: 2,431 in 19962025
Alice in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025931#51
2024984#50
20231,064#49
20221,233#40
20211,492#31
20201,563#29
20191,841#24
20181,992#23
20172,286#18
20162,421#17
20152,142#24
20141,900#28
20131,897#28
20121,673#35
20111,660#41
20101,534#48
20091,287#53
20081,359#50
20071,371#49
20061,244#51
20051,387#47
20041,483#42
20031,500#39
20021,608#37
20011,896#30
20001,994#32
19992,058#29
19982,243#29
19972,368#28
19962,431#26

How popular is Alice in the US?

Rank in 2025
#65among girls
Babies in 2025
3,547about 1 in 450 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 1% in five years
Same name in a class
3%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3,547 girls in the US were named Alice, making it the 65th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 76th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 11,955 girls.

2025 had more girls named Alice than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Alice in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 11,955 in 19212025
Alice in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253,547#65
20243,531#63
20233,349#66
20223,511#64
20213,509#65
20203,296#76
20193,552#73
20183,667#71
20173,826#70
20163,692#76
20153,426#87
20143,055#98
20132,940#107
20122,503#127
20112,195#142
20101,780#172
20091,276#257
20081,025#328
2007952#346
2006847#382
2005756#413
2004756#403
2003700#431
2002657#444
2001633#440
2000669#422
1999652#423
1998597#438
1997578#441
1996593#430
1995580#442
1994596#422
1993684#373
1992688#371
1991725#355
1990773#345
1989742#343
1988820#302
1987770#314
1986712#339
1985668#353
1984687#337
1983698#329
1982749#323
1981746#316
1980738#328
1979780#307
1978790#292
1977858#278
1976955#246
19751,055#231
19741,181#216
19731,187#214
19721,198#231
19711,507#198
19701,621#201
19691,715#185
19681,731#187
19671,928#168
19662,221#157
19652,564#145
19642,842#141
19633,067#138
19623,249#133
19613,586#126
19604,051#119
19594,162#112
19584,124#115
19574,432#106
19564,680#98
19555,079#87
19545,271#81
19535,740#73
19525,908#69
19516,315#62
19506,363#57
19496,660#53
19486,981#49
19477,849#47
19467,363#44
19456,359#41
19447,102#38
19437,648#38
19427,382#39
19417,445#34
19407,603#32
19397,365#31
19387,490#29
19377,120#28
19367,201#27
19357,443#25
19347,784#25
19337,697#22
19328,537#21
19318,815#21
19309,516#20
19299,480#21
192810,139#19
192710,679#17
192610,956#17
192511,576#15
192411,537#15
192311,331#15
192211,277#15
192111,955#15
192011,596#15
191911,141#13
191811,590#13
191710,990#13
191610,719#13
191510,525#13
19148,198#12
19136,934#11
19126,285#11
19114,813#11
19104,671#10
19094,170#10
19084,270#9
19074,107#9
19064,192#8
19053,610#10
19043,131#13
19032,996#12
19023,135#10
19012,562#12
19003,059#14
18992,523#12
18982,846#11
18972,431#16
18962,651#12
18952,457#17
18942,414#17
18932,434#13
18922,373#14
18912,015#16
18902,271#14
18892,145#12
18882,202#13
18871,819#14
18861,811#11
18851,681#11
18841,732#11
18831,488#11
18821,542#8
18811,308#10
18801,414#8

Nicknames for Alice

Names like Alice

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Charlotte Harriet Ada Annie Olive Rose Florence Eleanor Elsie Emma Ella Sophie

Other spellings of Alice

Alys Alis Alyce Allis Alyss

Names related to Alice

Alicia Alecia Alica Alicea Alicya

More Germanic names

Amelia Liam Henry William Archie Charlie Freddie Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles Charles Lottie

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Alice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alice, updated 20 October 2026.