Alicja
A feminine given name of German origin derived from the name Adelaide, meaning "noble and kind".
Name Census estimates that about 386 living Americans carry the first name Alicja. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Alicja today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Alicja births was 2010 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Alicja. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Alicja with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
386
~ 1 in 887,965 Americans
Peak year
2010
22 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#7,963
Tracked since 1982
Census
Alicja in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,306 people with the first name Alicja, which placed it at #6,826 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#6,826
National first-name rank
People counted
2.3K
2,306 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.8
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
98.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Alicja
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alicja is White at 98.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (1.0%) and Two or More Races (0.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Alicja described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Alicja at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White98.0% · 2,259
- Hispanic or Latino1.0% · 24
- Two or more races0.4% · 10
- Black or African American0.3% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 4
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.0% · 1
Popularity
Alicja: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Alicja from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 163 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Alicja remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alicja by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Alicja during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Alicjas live
Origin
Meaning and history of Alicja
The given name Alicja is a Polish variant of the name Alice, which ultimately derives from the Old French name Alis or Aliz. This name is a shortened form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of the elements "adal" meaning "noble" and "heid" meaning "kind, sort, type."
The name Alice gained popularity in France and England during the Middle Ages, with one of the earliest known bearers being Alice of Vergy, a 13th-century French noblewoman and the subject of a medieval romance. In England, Alice became a fashionable name among the nobility after the Norman Conquest.
One of the most famous bearers of the name Alice was Alice de Battenberg, also known as Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1885-1969). She was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the wife of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
Another notable figure was Alice Perrers (c. 1348-1400), an English mistress of King Edward III of England. She was a controversial figure during her lifetime due to her influence over the aging king.
In literature, one of the most famous Alices is the protagonist of Lewis Carroll's beloved novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865). The book's enduring popularity has helped to keep the name Alice in use for generations.
The Polish variant Alicja emerged as a distinct spelling in the 19th century, with one of the earliest recorded bearers being Alicja Kwiatkowska (1837-1905), a Polish educator and writer who founded a school for girls in Warsaw.
Other notable Alicjas include Alicja Rosenbaum (1904-1986), a Polish-American psychologist and educator who was a pioneer in the field of gestalt therapy, and Alicja Majewska (1923-1965), a Polish actress and singer who appeared in numerous films and stage productions during the post-World War II period.
People
Alicja + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Alicja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Alicja: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alicja?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 386 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Alicja going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 887,965 US residents.
Is Alicja a common name?
We classify Alicja as "Very Rare". It ranks above 82% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 391 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Alicja most popular?
The single biggest year for Alicja was 2010, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Alicja is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Alicja in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,306 people with the name Alicja, or 0.76 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #6,826 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Alicja in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Alicja?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alicja appears almost entirely female. Of the 2,300 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Alicja?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alicja is White at 98.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (1.0%) and Two or More Races (0.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Alicja most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Alicja in the 2020 Census, accounting for 98.0% (2,259 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Alicja in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Alicja a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Alicja in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Alicja still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Alicja in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Alicja can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Alicja?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.