Alis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AL-is
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Alis is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Alis mean?
Germanic: Welsh and Estonian form of Alice
“noble kind”
Alice derives from Adalheidis, the same Germanic source as Adelaide.
Is Alis a girl's or a boy's name?
Alis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Alis, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. 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 Alis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #53, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Alis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Alis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Alis, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had the most girls named Alis of any year since it first appeared, in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Alis in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,661 girls in the US were given Alis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #77, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Alis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Alis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelie, Ayla, Ava, Harper, Amelia, Freya, Tilly, Isla, Ayah, Ayra, Safa, Zara
Other spellings of Alis
Names related to Alis
Alisha, Alisa, Ailsa, Alissa, Alisia, Alise, Ailis, Aliz, Wallis
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles
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, “Alis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alis, updated 20 October 2026.