Fun Facts About the Name Alias
- More than 1 thousand babies named Alias: U.S. records list 1,200 babies given the name Alias from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Alias Mean?
Alias is Latin in origin and means "otherwise" or "at another time." It is an adverb built on the Latin adjective alius, "other," which also underlies alibi ("elsewhere") and alienus ("belonging to another"). The literal sense is simply "in another way" or "otherwise," not a statement about character or destiny.
English borrowed the word through medieval legal writing, where alias dictus meant "otherwise called." From that phrase English formed the noun alias, meaning an assumed or additional name. Used as a personal name, it would therefore carry the lexical sense "other" rather than a traditional personal-name meaning handed down in a language of origin.
Alias Name History & Origins
The Latin adverb alias is ancient and appears in classical texts with the sense "at another time" or "in other circumstances." It belongs to a family of words built on the root al-, "other," the same root behind Latin alter, "the other of two," and alibi, "elsewhere."
In medieval and early modern English legal documents, a person listed under more than one name was recorded with the formula alias dictus, "otherwise called." The abbreviation of that formula produced the English noun alias, and by the seventeenth century the word was being used generally for any assumed name. Later technical use extended the term to computing, where a command alias is a shorthand for another command.
As a personal given name, Alias has no well-documented tradition in English-speaking countries; its appearance as a name rests on the English noun rather than on an inherited naming custom.
How Popular is the Name Alias?
Alias has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,572 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,572 | 108 | 0.0063% |
| 2024 | #1,888 | 84 | 0.0049% |
| 2023 | #1,786 | 90 | 0.0053% |
| 2022 | #1,965 | 78 | 0.0045% |
| 2021 | #2,040 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 2020 | #2,262 | 60 | 0.0035% |
| 2019 | #2,061 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 2018 | #2,748 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #2,841 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2016 | #3,685 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #3,688 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #3,695 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,470 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #3,531 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #4,362 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #4,103 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #4,283 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2008 | #4,398 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #4,244 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 2006 | #4,869 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #3,452 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2004 | #4,133 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #3,980 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #3,555 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #3,847 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #3,424 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #4,768 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #4,206 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #3,741 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #5,544 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #5,134 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #7,803 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #6,244 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,455 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #4,767 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #7,205 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,241 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #5,768 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #5,375 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,116 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #4,456 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #3,972 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Alias Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.
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