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 1943
No state had 5 or more girls named Alba in 1943, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 126,845 of them was named Alba, which outranked 46.7% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,695Wilhelmena12
- #2,695Willine12
- #2,695Wilmer12
- #2,861Alba11
- #2,861Alease11
- #2,861Alena11
- #2,861Alfredia11
- #3,040Adriane10
- #3,040Ailene10
- #3,040Aldene10
Tied with 178 names at #2,861; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 285,459 of them was named Alba, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 502 names at #3,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.