How to read the band

Solid line = floor (spellings that unambiguously belong to the group). Shaded band up to the dashed edge = ceiling (the most it could reach if every ambiguous spelling counted here).

Alicia

Alicia was more common in the past and has since settled at a lower, steady level. All-time it's been given to 295,790 U.S. babies, the 715th most common name by sound today, peaking at 9,379 in 1984, with 882 in 2025.

By sound, Alicia also includes the spellings Alecia, Alysha, Alysia, Alesha, Alesia, Elicia, Alisia, Aleisha, Aleshia, Alishia, Alicea, Ellycia. Spellings sometimes heard the same way: Alisha, Elisha.

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