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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

AliciaIn Hebrew: אליסיה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Alicia (Hebrew: אליסיה) is a girl's name of international origin. 411 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1954, with 21 babies.

People in Israel
411
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1954
21 babies
USA, 2025
672
rank #460

Writing and saying Alicia

In Hebrew letters the name is אליסיה, read right to left. Alicia is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Alicia by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Alicia: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Alicia in English-speaking countries

Alicia in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025672#4601984 (7,820)
United Kingdom202583#5242004 (1,000)
England and Wales202578#5142004 (938)
Scotland20255#5392010 (63)
Ireland202511#3532010 (75)
British Columbia20237#4561985 (96)
Alberta20256#6981984 (87)
Quebec202574#722010 (315)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Alicia has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Alicia

How do you write Alicia in Hebrew?

Alicia is written אליסיה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Alicia?

411 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אליסיה: 411 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Alicia a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אליסיה are women.

Is Alicia used outside Israel?

The name Alicia appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 672 girls were given it in 2025 (#460), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 83 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.