Alice

What Alice means

Means “noble + character”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Alice” (revision 94534390), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Alice?

US: Rising: up from #87 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #24 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 1,414 girls got the name (#8 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 453 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 307 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 239 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (9.24 per 1,000 girls), DC (7.43 per 1,000 girls), ME (6.74 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Alice is #65 in the US and #52 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Alice were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elise1,367 US · 129 E&W
• Alize55 US
• Alyse54 US
• Alis34 US · 5 E&W
• Alyce38 US
• Alise29 US · 4 E&W
• Aliz18 US · 3 E&W
• Elize13 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Alice

Girls

• Emmeline#922Editor’s note Down from #810 in 2015 to #922 in 2025 in the US
• Louisa#694Form of Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Zelda#832Editor’s note Down from #648 in 2015 to #832 in 2025 in the US
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Adele#751“noble”^*
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*

For a brother

• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alice’s. Rank is US 2025.