Female name
Alice
47,640 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 3.
Origin
From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”). Doublet of Adelaide.From Wiktionary, entry “Alice”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 2,357 births. 47,640 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 17th among girls' names in 2016. It is still given: 5,154 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1921: 11,990 births. 590,106 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 1950s. At its peak, it ranked 8th among girls' names in 1880. It is still given: 17,460 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2016: 181 births. 4,995 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1960s to the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 30th among girls' names in 2022. It is still given: 631 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 210,790 | 1900–2025 | 4th in 2017 |
| Switzerland | 11,079* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 9,951 | 1980–2025 | 2nd in 2018 |
| Belgium | 3,304 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Argentina | 1,718 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Austria | 1,358 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 481 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
1 + 3 + 9 + 3 + 5 = 21 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
1 + 9 + 5 = 15 → 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
3 + 3 = 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.