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Alycia

Gender
Girl
Origin
Germanic
US rank, 2025
#5,237 for girls

Alycia is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).

What does Alycia mean?

Germanic

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Alycia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alycia in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 21 girls.

Half of all the girls named Alycia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 21 in 20002024
Alycia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20244#4,907
20230–
20224#4,870
202112#2,325
20207#3,274
20197#3,340
20183#5,896
201711#2,485
201612#2,363
20158#3,114
20148#3,031
20135#4,267
201216#1,914
201117#1,755
201016#1,829
200917#1,691
200816#1,745
200716#1,694
200614#1,764
200510#2,206
200413#1,722
20039#2,109
200215#1,399
200113#1,542
200021#1,073
199916#1,298
199816#1,289
199716#1,278
199617#1,179

How popular is Alycia in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,237th among girls
Babies in 2025
24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Alycia, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 458 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alycia than any year since 1958.

Half of all the girls named Alycia in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1935Busiest: 458 in 19902025
Alycia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202524#5,237
202433#4,293
202336#4,045
202241#3,701
202139#3,800
202037#3,840
201947#3,336
201848#3,292
201774#2,432
201678#2,385
201559#2,927
201468#2,580
201372#2,484
201291#2,095
2011102#1,943
2010104#1,928
2009179#1,339
2008127#1,740
2007139#1,602
2006154#1,449
2005188#1,214
2004192#1,169
2003198#1,112
2002229#966
2001224#966
2000233#925
1999255#846
1998226#922
1997284#750
1996280#755
1995235#831
1994239#837
1993310#696
1992316#685
1991376#599
1990458#519
1989410#552
1988375#563
1987360#557
1986287#643
1985228#754
1984196#807
1983135#1,037
1982144#1,019
1981165#906
1980151#982
1979202#785
1978129#1,049
1977144#959
1976134#949
1975110#1,066
197495#1,176
1973111#1,047
197286#1,226
1971134#951
197085#1,278
196983#1,226
196862#1,435
196755#1,506
196655#1,488
196553#1,528
196437#1,946
196336#1,951
196231#2,112
196126#2,358
196027#2,245
195927#2,190
195823#2,375
195716#2,925
195622#2,388
195517#2,724
195413#3,156
195310#3,686
195215#2,805
195110#3,481
19507#4,313
194916#2,513
19488#3,881
194713#2,897
19466#4,416
19455#4,554
19446#4,052
19438#3,492
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19355#4,202

Names like Alycia

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

Alicia, Victoria, Olivia, Alexandra, Jessica, Amelia, Mia, Amber, Francesca, Abigail, Ariana, Alyssa

Names related to Alycia

Alecia, Elycia, Alyce, Alica, Aleecia, Alacia, Alycea, Alaycia

More Germanic names

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

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