Alycia
Alycia is a feminine given name. The name is variant of Alicia, a form of Alice, and is ultimately from the Germanic name Adalheidis (Adelaide), meaning "noble-kind".
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alycia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alycia is a feminine given name. The name is variant of Alicia, a form of Alice, and is ultimately from the Germanic name Adalheidis (Adelaide), meaning "noble-kind".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Alycia
American parents first put Alycia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1935, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 458 Alycias were born — ranking #520 that year. About 29% of every Alycia on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alycia ranks #4,152 for baby girls with 34 births, falling sharply (-27%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Alycia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Alycia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Alycia
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- Alycia Debnam-Carey , Australian actress
- Alycia Delmore , American actress
- Alycia Dias , Pakistani playback singer
- Alycia Halladay , Chief Science Officer at the Autism Science Foundation
- Alycia Lane , American television journalist
- Alycia Moulton , retired American professional tennis player
- Alycia Parks , American tennis player
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Names that sound like Alycia
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About the name Alycia
Alycia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1935 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Alycia's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #520. Use the chart and map above to compare Alycia'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 .
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