Alecia
Alecia is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alecia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alecia is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Alecia
The earliest SSA record of Alecia as a baby girl name dates back to 1917, when 6 babies received it. 1987 was its biggest year on record, with 362 newborns named Alecia — #555 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Alecia on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alecia ranks #7,321 for baby girls with 14 births, falling sharply (-37%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Alecia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Alecia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Alecia
Alecia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Alecia's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #555. Use the chart and map above to compare Alecia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.