Aleece
Feminine
Aleece writes a familiar name with a vowel pair instead of the standard single letter, and the change is completely silent. A town in the center of Australia carries the standard form, and it got there by way of a telegraph line.
How old is the name Aleece?
Aleece first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Aleece alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 600 people named Aleece are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aleece most popular?
Aleece peaked in 1986, reaching #2845 nationally. See the whole 1986 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Aleece
Alice Springs is named after a woman who never saw it. When the Overland Telegraph Line was pushed through the center of Australia, a repeater station was built beside a waterhole in the MacDonnell Ranges, and the surveyor named the waterhole after Alice Todd, wife of the superintendent of telegraphs in South Australia — the Todd River beside it carries his name. The station was the point where messages from Adelaide were relayed north toward Darwin and the undersea cable to Java, which is how Australia was first connected to the rest of the world. The settlement that grew there was officially called Stuart for decades, and the name of the waterhole eventually won.
Meaningnot established
Not established
It may respell Alice, which descends through French from a Germanic name about nobility, or it may be an independent build on a free front and a common ending. The record holds the spelling and nothing else.
Pronouncing Aleece
uh-LEES
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The vowel pair writes the same sound the standard spelling writes with one letter and a silent e.
Nicknames for Aleece
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1920
- Most girls named
- 198633 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2845reached in 1986
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%5 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aleeces among us
people named Aleece are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Aleece sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Back stress gives a two-syllable name a firm landing.
- The sound is entirely familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- Both halves detach as short forms.
- Alice, Alyce and Elise will all be written for it.
- The change is inaudible, so the spelling must be given aloud every time.
- Nothing records whether it respells a name or was built from parts.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aleeces are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Aleece are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aleece in 2025?
- Aleece is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Aleece with classmates?
- Aleece will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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