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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Alice

Used in both girl and boy records

Alice appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Alice by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDAlice as a girl’s nameUS records 1880–2024
#55girl rank1921peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDAlice as a boy’s nameUS records 1881–2024
#2912boy rank1930peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Alice in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl192111,955 uses#818801880–2020141 listed years
Boy192551 uses#47318971881–2019105 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.