girl's name

Alyce

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 18,076

Alyce is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1921, when 503 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 87,252 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Alyce over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,803
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Alyce by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 71
1890s 197
1900s 675
1910s 2,904
1920s 3,803
1930s 2,409
1940s 2,167
1950s 1,521
1960s 901
1970s 530
1980s 585
1990s 464
2000s 424
2010s 643
2020s (to 2025) 245

How popular is Alyce?

In 2025, Alyce was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Alyce is used

Canada #2,075 11 in 2024
France #3,226 10 in 2025
United States #3,892 38 in 2025
England & Wales #4,636 5 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Alyce

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Alyce also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alyce over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Alyce

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alyce — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Alyce

How popular is the name Alyce?

In 2025, Alyce was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Alyce a girl's or a boy's name?

Alyce is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Alyce?

Alyce has 2 syllables.

When was Alyce most popular?

Alyce peaked in 1921, when 503 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Alyce a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alyce currently ranks #2,075 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.