Alcie
Derived from an old German surname, meaning "noble".
Name Census estimates that about 20 living Americans carry the first name Alcie. It is a predominantly female name (97.2% of registrations). The average person named Alcie today is around 72 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Alcie births was 1920 (18 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Alcie. 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.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Alcie is about 72 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Alcies were born before 1964.
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Alcie. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
20
~ 1 in 17,137,717 Americans
Peak year
1920
18 babies that year
Average age
72
years old
1935 SSA rank
#3,653
Tracked since 1885
Census
Alcie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 104 people with the first name Alcie, which placed it at #52,876 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
#52,876
National first-name rank
People counted
104
104 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
63.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Alcie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alcie is White at 63.5%. The next largest groups are Black (15.4%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (8.7%). 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 Alcie 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 Alcie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White63.5% · 66
- Black or African American15.4% · 16
- Asian and Pacific Islander8.7% · 9
- Two or more races5.8% · 6
- Hispanic or Latino3.8% · 4
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.9% · 3
Gender
Gender distribution for Alcie
Alcie leans heavily female at 97.2% of total registrations, but 10 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Alcie as a male name
- Ranked #3,653 in 1935
- 5 male births in 1935
- Peak: 1923 (5 births)
Alcie as a female name
- Ranked #16,020 in 2017
- 5 female births in 2017
- Peak: 1920 (18 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alcie leans strongly female. 82 people counted with this name were female (80.4%), compared with 20 male bearers (19.6%).
Popularity
Alcie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Alcie from the 1880s through to the 2010s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 104 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1920s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alcie 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 Alcie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Alcies live
Origin
Meaning and history of Alcie
The given name Alcie is an English feminine name, with its origins tracing back to the late 19th century. It is a variant spelling of the name Alice, which itself is derived from the Old French name Alys, a diminutive form of the Germanic name Adalhaidis. The name Adalhaidis is composed of the Germanic elements "adal," meaning noble, and "haid," meaning kind or sort.
Alcie was particularly popular in parts of the United States and Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the earliest recorded instances of this spelling can be found in the 1880 United States Census, where a few individuals were listed with the name Alcie.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the name Alcie. One such person was Alcie Hyatt (1887-1960), an American actress and vaudeville performer who appeared in Broadway productions and silent films during the early 20th century. Another notable Alcie was Alcie Esther Lapp (1907-1989), an American educator and author who wrote several books on teaching methods and early childhood education.
In the literary realm, Alcie appears as a character in the novel "The Speckled Bird" by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, published in 1866. This fictional character's name may have contributed to the subsequent popularity of the Alcie spelling in the late 19th century.
Other notable individuals with the name Alcie include Alcie C. Sage (1892-1985), an American nurse and public health advocate, and Alcie H. Newell (1888-1964), an American educator and school administrator who served as the principal of several schools in Texas.
While the name Alcie has waned in popularity in recent decades, it remains a unique and historically significant variant of the more common name Alice, with its roots stretching back to the Germanic languages of ancient Europe.
People
Alcie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Alcie 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
Alcie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alcie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 20 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Alcie 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 17,137,717 US residents.
Is Alcie a common name?
We classify Alcie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 39.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 363 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Alcie most popular?
The single biggest year for Alcie was 1920, when 18 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Alcie is about 72 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Alcie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 104 people with the name Alcie, or 0.03 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #52,876 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 Alcie 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 Alcie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alcie leans strongly female. 82 people counted with this name were female (80.4%), compared with 20 male bearers (19.6%). 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 Alcie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alcie is White at 63.5%. The next largest groups are Black (15.4%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (8.7%). 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 Alcie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Alcie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.5% (66 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 Alcie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Alcie a female name?
Yes, 97.2% of people registered as Alcie 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 Alcie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Alcie 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 Alcie 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 common is the name Alcie?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.