Alecia
Alecia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 555th, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1987362 births
- Best rank
- #555in 1987
- Since 1917
- 12,032people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,032 girls have been named Alecia in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 362 births.
The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 362 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 27%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alecia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 57 | |
| 1940s | 177 | |
| 1950s | 609 | |
| 1960s | 1,589 | |
| 1970s | 2,218 | |
| 1980s | 3,196 | |
| 1990s | 2,299 | |
| 2000s | 1,252 | |
| 2010s | 487 | |
| 2020s | 103 |
In 1987, its biggest year
Alecia was the 555th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Alecia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aliciapeak 1984
- Daynapeak 1988
- Kandrapeak 1988
- Carapeak 1985
- Stephanepeak 1985
- Monikapeak 1990
- Stephaniepeak 1990
- Britapeak 1981
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.