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Its wave through time A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1998 per million babies of that sex 2,554 babies given this name since 1972 At its height in 1998, about 1 in 11,800 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Alice Girl From Old French Aalis, a contraction of Germanic Adalheidis ('noble kind'). Middle Ages · peak 1906 Alyssa Girl A modern form of Alicia or Alice, also associated with the flower alyssum (from Greek, 'against madness'); there is… Modern · peak 1999 Alison Girl Medieval Norman and Scots diminutive of Alice, from Germanic Adalheidis ('noble kind'). Middle Ages · peak 1979 Allyson Girl A spelling of Alison, a medieval diminutive of Alice (Germanic adal 'noble'). Modern · peak 1998 Alessandra Girl Feminine of Alessandro, from Greek Alexandros, from alexein 'to defend' and aner, andros 'man'. Renaissance · peak 2015 Alessandro Boy From Greek Alexandros, from alexein 'to defend' and aner, andros 'man'. Renaissance · peak 2018 Alcide Boy From Greek Alkeides, a name of Heracles, from alke 'strength'. Victorian · peak 1880 · forgotten Ailsa Girl From the islet of Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Clyde; the island name is usually derived from Old Norse 'Álfsigr's… Modern Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.