Alba
#1,261 for girls in 2025, 177 births · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262
Given to girls 98.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,471since 1880
Alba over time
Rank among girls' names. Alba has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,261 | 177 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,169 | 205 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,238 | 188 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,220 | 198 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,221 | 193 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,214 | 188 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,392 | 161 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,616 | 132 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,495 | 148 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,712 | 124 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,454 | 158 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,493 | 149 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,509 | 146 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,624 | 133 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,690 | 124 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,783 | 115 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,614 | 70 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,318 | 84 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,433 | 77 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,248 | 85 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,670 | 63 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,620 | 63 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,379 | 67 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,055 | 80 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,610 | 54 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,370 | 59 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,899 | 77 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,864 | 78 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 97 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,630 | 93 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,702 | 86 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,397 | 113 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,187 | 137 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,255 | 117 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,784 | 63 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,432 | 81 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,751 | 61 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,271 | 101 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,922 | 51 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,867 | 40 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,014 | 53 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,097 | 48 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,079 | 48 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,064 | 51 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,107 | 50 | — | |
| 1923 | #928 | 62 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #989 | 57 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #1,057 | 51 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,132 | 44 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #954 | 55 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #989 | 53 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #904 | 58 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #959 | 51 | — | |
| 1915 | #747 | 79 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #817 | 51 | — | |
| 1913 | #852 | 38 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | #895 | 17 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alba was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alba is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#281 · 1 in 3,937
- New Jersey#323 · 1 in 5,159
- New York#449 · 1 in 8,238
- Pennsylvania#505 · 1 in 11,921
Best ever in a state: #246 in Massachusetts, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #281 | 9 | 1 in 3,937 |
| New Jersey | #323 | 6 | 1 in 5,159 |
| New York | #449 | 12 | 1 in 8,238 |
| Pennsylvania | #505 | 8 | 1 in 11,921 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alba
- 92 spots since 2024 (#1,169 → #1,261)
- 47 spots since 2020 (#1,214 → #1,261)
- 193 spots since 2015 (#1,454 → #1,261)
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1894 (#1,437 → #998)
- Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1907 (#895 → #1,206)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1912–1919
- Highest: 1 in 7,903 girls born in 2024 were named Alba (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,081 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #738 in 1880, was only 1 in 15,166 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.6% of all girls named Alba (1,390) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #738 (1880) | #876 |
| 1890s | 54 | #986 (1895) | #1,224 |
| 1900s | 84 | #895 (1906) | #1,164 |
| 1910s | 461 | #747 (1915) | #903 |
| 1920s | 491 | #928 (1923) | #1,086 |
| 1930s | 301 | #1,014 (1930) | #1,408 |
| 1940s | 158 | #1,549 (1940) | #2,424 |
| 1950s | 320 | #1,623 (1954) | #1,838 |
| 1960s | 305 | #1,867 (1964) | #2,213 |
| 1970s | 356 | #1,922 (1977) | #2,341 |
| 1980s | 838 | #1,187 (1989) | #1,542 |
| 1990s | 811 | #1,397 (1990) | #1,872 |
| 2000s | 718 | #2,055 (2000) | #2,435 |
| 2010s | 1,390 | #1,392 (2019) | #1,577 |
| 2020s | 1,149 | #1,169 (2024) | #1,221 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alba in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 21,070 of them was named Alba, which outranked 82.9% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 217,631 of them was named Alba, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 660 names at #4,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.