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 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#734 · 1 in 3,499
- Massachusetts#840 · 1 in 4,943
- North Carolina#922 · 1 in 4,989
- New Jersey#1,020 · 1 in 5,853
- Arizona#1,045 · 1 in 5,724
Best ever in a state: #246 in Massachusetts, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #734 | 5 | 1 in 3,499 |
| Massachusetts | #840 | 5 | 1 in 4,943 |
| North Carolina | #922 | 9 | 1 in 4,989 |
| New Jersey | #1,020 | 6 | 1 in 5,853 |
| Arizona | #1,045 | 5 | 1 in 5,724 |
| Virginia | #1,183 | 5 | 1 in 7,057 |
| California | #1,189 | 23 | 1 in 8,024 |
| Texas | #1,233 | 20 | 1 in 7,928 |
| New York | #1,330 | 10 | 1 in 8,490 |
| Illinois | #1,335 | 6 | 1 in 8,597 |
| Florida | #1,371 | 9 | 1 in 9,399 |
| Ohio | #1,446 | 5 | 1 in 10,113 |
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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 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 10,425 of them was named Alba, which outranked 92.3% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,383Marlie162
- #1,383Rosalynn162
- #1,383Zella162
- #1,392Alba161
- #1,392Amberly161
- #1,392Aryah161
- #1,392Ashanti161
- #1,406Austin160
- #1,406Geneva160
- #1,406Marlene160
Tied with 13 names at #1,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.