Alycia
Alycia was the 5251st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 520th with 458 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,322 places. More babies were named Alycia in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Alicia) Latinized form of Alice ('noble kind') · Germanic, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #5,251 girls, down 1,409 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990458 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,168babies recorded
What does the name Alycia mean?
Alycia is a spelling of Alicia, pronounced the same way, so it shares Alicia's meaning and origin.
Alicia is a Latinized form of Alice, as Wiktionary notes. DMNES derives Alice from Old High German adalheit, "nobility", from adal, "noble", and heit, "kind, sort", and calls Alice one of the most lasting names of medieval Europe. Medieval English Latin records already write the name Alicia, as DMNES attestations from the 12th and 13th centuries show. Alicia is now especially common in Spanish-speaking families and in English.
adal (Old High German, “noble”)heit (Old High German, “kind, sort”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Alice, Alisha, Alyssa, Adelaide.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Alicia', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Alice', DMNES, Durham University
Alycia popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,251 | 24 |
| 2020 | #3,842 | 37 |
| 2010 | #1,929 | 104 |
| 2000 | #926 | 233 |
| 1990 | #520 | 458 |
| 1980 | #983 | 151 |
| 1970 | #1,278 | 85 |
| 1960 | #2,248 | 27 |
| 1950 | #4,334 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Alycia, counting every spelling?
Alycia is a spelling of Alicia, a name family that ranked #430 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,251 for Alycia on its own. Together these spellings went to 763 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia | 672 | #460 | 3,597 |
| Alycia | 24 | #5,251 | 173 |
| Alyssia | 30 | #4,552 | 149 |
| Alisia | 26 | #4,992 | 105 |
| Alissia | 11 | #8,891 | 45 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Alycia?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alycia (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Alycia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alycia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Alycia?
About 9,800 people born in the US named Alycia are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 25 and 42. That makes Alycia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Alycia by state
How common Alycia was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Alycia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Alycia, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Alycia
What does Alycia mean?
Alycia is a spelling of Alicia, which means “Latinized form of Alice ('noble kind')” (Germanic, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Alycia?
Alycia was the 5251st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 520th with 458 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,322 places. More babies were named Alycia in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Alycia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Alycia in the US.
Where is Alycia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Alycia was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.