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Alicia

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-LEE-see-a
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#524 for girls
US rank, 2025
#460 for girls

Alicia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 524th for girls in the UK (83 babies) and 460th for girls in the US (672 babies).

What does Alicia mean?

Germanic: Latinised form of Alice

“noble kind”

A Latinised form of Alice, ultimately from the Germanic name Adalheidis.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Alicia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 girls in the UK and 672 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alicia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
524th among girls
Babies in 2025
83 about 1 in 3,400 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 83 girls in the UK were named Alicia, making it the 524th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 313th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 1,000 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Alicia since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Alicia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 102 girls in the UK were given Alicia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #430, up from #524 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 514th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#60).

1996Busiest: 1,000 in 20042025
Alicia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202583#524
2024101#458
2023120#387
2022156#315
2021146#357
2020166#313
2019223#239
2018293#200
2017285#204
2016294#203
2015336#181
2014353#175
2013400#147
2012438#148
2011523#123
2010675#97
2009531#114
2008691#93
2007624#96
2006710#88
2005816#74
20041,000#62
2003920#65
2002945#62
2001666#84
2000622#92
1999674#86
1998701#89
1997649#93
1996534#98

How popular is Alicia in the US?

Rank in 2025
460th among girls
Babies in 2025
672 about 1 in 2,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 672 girls in the US were named Alicia, making it the 460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 414th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 7,820 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

2025 had fewer girls named Alicia than any year since 1946.

Half of all the girls named Alicia in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 758 girls in the US were given Alicia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #432, up from #460 for this spelling alone.

1881Busiest: 7,820 in 19842025
Alicia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025672#460
2024708#438
2023703#440
2022760#414
2021754#417
2020753#414
2019756#414
2018794#391
2017873#359
2016866#380
2015915#359
2014978#341
20131,024#318
20121,205#270
20111,231#260
20101,433#219
20091,562#208
20081,866#177
20071,950#178
20062,133#164
20052,345#148
20042,517#130
20032,542#131
20022,820#121
20012,658#130
20002,762#121
19993,014#108
19983,408#98
19973,782#89
19963,861#91
19953,908#89
19944,105#83
19934,431#76
19924,910#71
19915,558#63
19906,511#54
19896,817#53
19886,700#50
19876,776#46
19867,017#45
19857,122#45
19847,820#40
19837,492#41
19825,614#53
19815,855#46
19805,753#47
19795,547#47
19784,752#58
19774,400#60
19763,791#71
19753,718#76
19743,434#90
19733,433#91
19723,268#96
19713,590#105
19703,320#118
19693,046#117
19682,569#126
19672,304#150
19662,227#156
19652,354#159
19642,417#159
19632,215#173
19621,976#187
19611,674#206
19601,640#210
19591,366#231
19581,049#273
19571,101#260
19561,037#265
19551,029#262
1954923#279
1953914#272
1952875#273
1951826#272
1950768#276
1949707#291
1948687#291
1947747#282
1946562#312
1945460#314
1944424#333
1943394#363
1942360#373
1941358#346
1940309#373
1939354#337
1938313#370
1937274#391
1936274#384
1935223#431
1934237#426
1933232#420
1932251#410
1931289#380
1930334#370
1929301#388
1928293#389
1927308#389
1926270#415
1925228#457
1924219#469
1923185#514
1922164#556
1921141#615
1920149#587
1919125#626
1918118#647
1917110#649
191695#706
191575#761
191454#788
191357#689
191246#735
191144#650
191031#768
190932#706
190836#639
190721#819
190616#917
190516#926
190420#805
190315#896
19027#1,438
190111#1,007
190018#885
189915#835
189817#821
189714#867
189612#950
189515#815
189414#812
189313#826
189211#908
18917#1,093
189012#791
188910#839
188810#837
18878#860
188611#693
18858#793
18840–
18838#692
18827#740
18817#679

Nicknames for Alicia

Names like Alicia

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

Amelia, Alexandra, Olivia, Victoria, Jessica, Amber, Amalia, Francesca, Abigail, Mia, Maria, Molly

Other spellings of Alicia

Alesia, Alisia, Alysia

Names related to Alicia

Alice, Elicia, Alika, Alica, Alicea, Allicia, Aleecia, Alaycia, Alicya

More Germanic names

Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles

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, “Alicia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alicia, updated 20 October 2026.