Alberta
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,089
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 832 births
- Debut · girls
- 76 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 70,365since 1880
Alberta over time
Rank among girls' names. Alberta has never cracked the top 100 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 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,784 | 63 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,657 | 66 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,692 | 67 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,712 | 64 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,832 | 55 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,263 | 88 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,365 | 78 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,226 | 89 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,038 | 112 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,030 | 113 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,036 | 118 | — | |
| 1970 | #920 | 140 | — | |
| 1969 | #819 | 157 | — | |
| 1968 | #735 | 180 | — | |
| 1967 | #690 | 199 | — | |
| 1966 | #713 | 189 | — | |
| 1965 | #660 | 222 | — | |
| 1964 | #674 | 229 | — | |
| 1963 | #621 | 265 | — | |
| 1962 | #590 | 283 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #558 | 317 | — | |
| 1960 | #500 | 374 | — | |
| 1959 | #508 | 369 | — | |
| 1958 | #517 | 350 | — | |
| 1957 | #453 | 435 | — | |
| 1956 | #435 | 445 | — | |
| 1955 | #401 | 475 | — | |
| 1954 | #382 | 508 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #361 | 551 | — | |
| 1952 | #356 | 537 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #317 | 621 | — | |
| 1950 | #315 | 606 | — | |
| 1949 | #295 | 688 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #285 | 719 | — | |
| 1947 | #278 | 772 | — | |
| 1946 | #247 | 810 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #243 | 762 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #227 | 827 | — | |
| 1943 | #211 | 957 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #207 | 987 | — | |
| 1941 | #206 | 864 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #195 | 927 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #191 | 926 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #193 | 960 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #190 | 998 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #180 | 1,031 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #177 | 1,052 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #167 | 1,122 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #158 | 1,156 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #154 | 1,285 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #146 | 1,354 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #146 | 1,464 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #143 | 1,569 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #151 | 1,555 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #142 | 1,707 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #143 | 1,701 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #140 | 1,843 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #145 | 1,817 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #135 | 1,921 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #136 | 1,852 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #133 | 1,929 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #128 | 1,967 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #120 | 2,017 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #122 | 1,988 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #122 | 1,818 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #123 | 1,765 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #120 | 1,675 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #119 | 1,350 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #108 | 1,196 | — | |
| 1912 | #106 | 1,133 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #114 | 801 | — | |
| 1910 | #104 | 832 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #105 | 738 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #112 | 641 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #107 | 627 | — | |
| 1906 | #115 | 548 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #110 | 577 | — | |
| 1904 | #113 | 517 | — | |
| 1903 | #118 | 483 | — | |
| 1902 | #134 | 417 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #131 | 386 | — | |
| 1900 | #119 | 541 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #152 | 304 | — | |
| 1898 | #166 | 302 | — | |
| 1897 | #156 | 294 | — | |
| 1896 | #170 | 258 | — | |
| 1895 | #172 | 242 | — | |
| 1894 | #176 | 227 | — | |
| 1893 | #194 | 179 | — | |
| 1892 | #185 | 189 | — | |
| 1891 | #183 | 167 | — | |
| 1890 | #182 | 165 | — | |
| 1889 | #203 | 130 | — | |
| 1888 | #184 | 147 | — | |
| 1887 | #184 | 116 | — | |
| 1886 | #198 | 98 | — | |
| 1885 | #191 | 97 | — | |
| 1884 | #175 | 102 | — | |
| 1883 | #204 | 72 | — | |
| 1882 | #169 | 90 | — | |
| 1881 | #190 | 64 | — | |
| 1880 | #171 | 76 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alberta was already there! It came in at #171, and was given to 76 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2009, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Alberta is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#60 · 1 in 229
- South Carolina#75 · 1 in 276
- Kansas#75 · 1 in 319
- Indiana#79 · 1 in 344
- Alabama#81 · 1 in 337
Best ever in a state: #39 in Florida, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #60 | 101 | 1 in 229 |
| Kansas | #75 | 50 | 1 in 319 |
| South Carolina | #75 | 87 | 1 in 276 |
| Indiana | #79 | 78 | 1 in 344 |
| Alabama | #81 | 98 | 1 in 337 |
| Ohio | #100 | 112 | 1 in 493 |
| Florida | #102 | 38 | 1 in 393 |
| Kentucky | #108 | 64 | 1 in 468 |
| Louisiana | #111 | 55 | 1 in 432 |
| Pennsylvania | #112 | 167 | 1 in 567 |
| Montana | #113 | 8 | 1 in 481 |
| Vermont | #117 | 5 | 1 in 523 |
| Iowa | #119 | 38 | 1 in 552 |
| Illinois | #121 | 99 | 1 in 607 |
| New Hampshire | #122 | 6 | 1 in 576 |
| Georgia | #124 | 64 | 1 in 544 |
| Missouri | #127 | 60 | 1 in 521 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 11 | 1 in 540 |
| New Jersey | #130 | 47 | 1 in 662 |
| Virginia | #131 | 46 | 1 in 603 |
| North Carolina | #132 | 67 | 1 in 593 |
| Nebraska | #135 | 18 | 1 in 657 |
| Michigan | #139 | 53 | 1 in 772 |
| Rhode Island | #139 | 8 | 1 in 712 |
| Maine | #140 | 11 | 1 in 599 |
| California | #142 | 54 | 1 in 684 |
| West Virginia | #142 | 29 | 1 in 709 |
| New York | #155 | 102 | 1 in 981 |
| Tennessee | #158 | 39 | 1 in 746 |
| Maryland | #164 | 14 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Arkansas | #166 | 30 | 1 in 725 |
| Connecticut | #173 | 11 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Massachusetts | #178 | 26 | 1 in 1,358 |
| Washington | #179 | 9 | 1 in 1,089 |
| Arizona | #199 | 5 | 1 in 779 |
| Colorado | #200 | 8 | 1 in 1,098 |
| Oregon | #201 | 5 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Texas | #212 | 62 | 1 in 995 |
| Wisconsin | #217 | 13 | 1 in 1,861 |
| Oklahoma | #231 | 19 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Minnesota | #240 | 10 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Alberta
- 814 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #9,457)
- 89 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #9,457)
- 1,409 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 33 spots in 1900 (#152 → #119)
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1971 (#920 → #1,036)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #104 (832 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 48 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
- Highest: 1 in 470 girls born in 1909 were named Alberta (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #104 in 1910, was only 1 in 477 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.4% of all girls named Alberta (17,861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 992 | #169 (1882) | #187 |
| 1890s | 2,327 | #152 (1899) | #174 |
| 1900s | 5,475 | #105 (1909) | #116 |
| 1910s | 14,575 | #104 (1910) | #116 |
| 1920s | 17,861 | #128 (1920) | #140 |
| 1930s | 11,348 | #146 (1930) | #170 |
| 1940s | 8,313 | #195 (1940) | #239 |
| 1950s | 4,897 | #315 (1950) | #405 |
| 1960s | 2,415 | #500 (1960) | #656 |
| 1970s | 938 | #920 (1970) | #1,284 |
| 1980s | 568 | #1,531 (1982) | #2,036 |
| 1990s | 338 | #2,550 (1991) | #3,710 |
| 2000s | 166 | #4,527 (2000) | #7,954 |
| 2010s | 95 | #7,513 (2010) | #10,855 |
| 2020s | 57 | #8,464 (2021) | #10,147 |
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.
Alberta in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 661 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 97.6% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 159,417 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 30.0% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,155Yvon8
- #3,155Zeke8
- #3,155Zell8
- #3,408Alberta7
- #3,408Abbott7
- #3,408Abran7
- #3,408Abron7
- #3,741Abell6
- #3,741Adley6
- #3,741Agostino6
Tied with 332 names at #3,408; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.