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Alice

Pronounced /ˈæl.ɪs/

Rank in 2024
#12,225
Born in 2024
6
Peak year
1925 · #955
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:3,520 in 2024 (#62)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 6 boys were named Alice, about 1 in every 285,886.
  • It peaked in 1925 with 51 babies, ranked #955.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 1,959 boys have been named Alice since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Alice per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 667 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 673 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 278 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 93 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 46 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 33 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) +‎ *haiduz (“character”). Doublet of Adelaide.

  • A female given name from the Germanic languages popular in England since the Middle Ages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈæl.ɪs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Alice, CC BY-SA 4.0.