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

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Peak · girls
1910 · 832 births
Debut · girls
76 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
70,365
since 1880

Alberta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alberta has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #104, 1910girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710—
2024#10,2719—
2023#13,4626—
2022#9,68010—
2021#8,46412—
2020#9,54610—
2019#10,4739—
2018#12,4647—
2017#12,7137—
2016#12,8767—
2015#10,8669—
2014#11,9318—
2013#10,23510—
2012#9,10912—
2011#10,37410—
2010#7,51316—
2009#15,2426—
2008#10,80710—
2007#8,09815—
2006#7,86815—
2005#7,50015—
2004#9,89210—
2003#6,29918—
2002#4,62126—
2001#4,68825—
2000#4,52726—
1999#6,83614—
1998#5,36319—
1997#3,62631—
1996#4,05926—
1995#3,49231—
1994#2,79743—
1993#2,76843—
1992#2,86941—
1991#2,55048—
1990#2,73742—
1989#2,71441—
1988#2,93135—
1987#2,33245#6,0896
1986#2,30044#4,4579
1985#1,78463#6,5235
1984#1,65766—
1983#1,62968—
1982#1,53177—
1981#1,79062—
1980#1,69267—
1979#1,71264—
1978#1,42281—
1977#1,83255—
1976#1,26388—
1975#1,36578—
1974#1,22689—
1973#1,038112—
1972#1,030113—
1971#1,036118—
1970#920140—
1969#819157—
1968#735180—
1967#690199—
1966#713189—
1965#660222—
1964#674229—
1963#621265—
1962#590283#4,0335
1961#558317—
1960#500374—
1959#508369—
1958#517350—
1957#453435—
1956#435445—
1955#401475—
1954#382508#3,4526
1953#361551—
1952#356537#3,7345
1951#317621—
1950#315606—
1949#295688#3,6905
1948#285719—
1947#278772—
1946#247810#2,9197
1945#243762#2,7437
1944#227827—
1943#211957#2,40510
1942#207987—
1941#206864#3,5055
1940#195927#2,32210
1939#191926#2,6098
1938#193960#2,4799
1937#190998#3,5185
1936#1801,031#2,6298
1935#1771,052#2,5299
1934#1671,122#3,6795
1933#1581,156#1,90514
1932#1541,285#1,84816
1931#1461,354#2,8648
1930#1461,464#1,96415
1929#1431,569#2,00215
1928#1511,555#2,27013
1927#1421,707#2,19314
1926#1431,701#2,07415
1925#1401,843#3,4087
1924#1451,817#2,34713
1923#1351,921#2,61411
1922#1361,852#2,63011
1921#1331,929#3,5177
1920#1281,967#3,2088
1919#1202,017#2,8779
1918#1221,988#1,99816
1917#1221,818#3,2177
1916#1231,765#2,9268
1915#1201,675#3,0827
1914#1191,350#1,86812
1913#1081,196—
1912#1061,133#1,8858
1911#114801—
1910#104832#1,1938
1909#105738#1,0209
1908#112641#1,2176
1907#107627—
1906#115548#1,0047
1905#110577—
1904#113517—
1903#118483—
1902#134417#1,1375
1901#131386—
1900#119541#1,1626
1899#152304—
1898#166302—
1897#156294—
1896#170258—
1895#172242—
1894#176227—
1893#194179—
1892#185189—
1891#183167—
1890#182165—
1889#203130—
1888#184147—
1887#184116—
1886#19898—
1885#19197—
1884#175102—
1883#20472—
1882#16990—
1881#19064—
1880#17176—
First appearance
1880

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 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedAKMaine: #126 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 586 girlsMEVermont: #60 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 195 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedNHWashington: #198 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #216 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,780 girlsMNIllinois: #124 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 689 girlsILWisconsin: #198 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,609 girlsWIMichigan: #143 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 934 girlsMINew York: #172 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsNYMassachusetts: #163 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedRIOregon: #129 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 582 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedSDIowa: #105 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 506 girlsIAIndiana: #101 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 474 girlsINOhio: #115 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 659 girlsOHPennsylvania: #126 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 656 girlsPANew Jersey: #124 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 717 girlsNJConnecticut: #159 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,133 girlsCTCalifornia: #192 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,095 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedUTColorado: #96 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 378 girlsCONebraska: #118 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 546 girlsNEMissouri: #106 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 451 girlsMOKentucky: #123 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 506 girlsKYWest Virginia: #140 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 612 girlsWVVirginia: #137 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 572 girlsVAMaryland: #147 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 895 girlsMDDelaware: #62 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 218 girlsDEArizona: #216 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 877 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedNMKansas: #119 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 544 girlsKSArkansas: #132 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 527 girlsARTennessee: #161 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 790 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #151 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 695 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #78 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 301 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #232 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsOKLouisiana: #137 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 543 girlsLAMississippi: #91 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 340 girlsMSAlabama: #144 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 624 girlsALGeorgia: #154 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 705 girlsGAHawaii: #147 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 494 girlsHITexas: #303 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,567 girlsTXFlorida: #114 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 448 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#60 · 1 in 195
  2. Delaware#62 · 1 in 218
  3. South Carolina#78 · 1 in 301
  4. Mississippi#91 · 1 in 340
  5. Colorado#96 · 1 in 378

Best ever in a state: #39 in Florida, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#60131 in 195
Delaware#6271 in 218
South Carolina#78661 in 301
Mississippi#91651 in 340
Colorado#96221 in 378
Indiana#101531 in 474
Iowa#105371 in 506
Missouri#106621 in 451
Florida#114271 in 448
Ohio#115791 in 659
Nebraska#118201 in 546
Kansas#119261 in 544
Kentucky#123541 in 506
Illinois#124831 in 689
New Jersey#124411 in 717
Maine#126111 in 586
Pennsylvania#1261251 in 656
Oregon#12991 in 582
Arkansas#132361 in 527
Louisiana#137391 in 543
Virginia#137421 in 572
West Virginia#140301 in 612
Michigan#143451 in 934
Alabama#144481 in 624
Hawaii#14771 in 494
Maryland#147141 in 895
North Carolina#151511 in 695
Georgia#154431 in 705
Connecticut#159101 in 1,133
Tennessee#161341 in 790
Massachusetts#163241 in 1,320
New York#172841 in 1,141
California#192341 in 1,095
Washington#19871 in 1,351
Wisconsin#198151 in 1,609
Arizona#21651 in 877
Minnesota#216111 in 1,780
Oklahoma#232181 in 1,320
Texas#303381 in 1,567
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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 Alberta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #104 (832 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 470
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.4% of all girls named Alberta (17,861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s992#169 (1882)#187
1890s2,327#152 (1899)#174
1900s5,475#105 (1909)#116
1910s14,575#104 (1910)#116
1920s17,861#128 (1920)#140
1930s11,348#146 (1930)#170
1940s8,313#195 (1940)#239
1950s4,897#315 (1950)#405
1960s2,415#500 (1960)#656
1970s938#920 (1970)#1,284
1980s568#1,531 (1982)#2,036
1990s338#2,550 (1991)#3,710
2000s166#4,527 (2000)#7,954
2010s95#7,513 (2010)#10,855
2020s57#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 1930

girls
#146
1,464 births · 1 in 769 girls
boys
#1,964
15 births · 1 in 73,159 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #146Alberta1,464

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,964Alberta15
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 769 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 97.2% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #143Genevieve1,497
  2. #144Lena1,489
  3. #145Carrie1,465
  4. #146Alberta1,464
  5. #147Constance1,463
  6. #148Eunice1,438
  7. #149Ramona1,410
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 73,159 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 56.8% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #1,889Wilmon16
  2. #1,889Ysidro16
  3. #1,889Zachary16
  4. #1,964Alberta15
  5. #1,964Adelard15
  6. #1,964Aram15
  7. #1,964Ardis15
  8. #2,079Abie14
  9. #2,079Almond14
  10. #2,079Alvino14

Tied with 114 names at #1,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,094Derl#3,959 → #865
  2. ↑ 420Clive#1,378 → #958
  3. ↑ 380Farris#1,272 → #892
  4. ↑ 368Earlie#1,296 → #928
  5. ↑ 357Winton#1,272 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 486Americo#729 → #1,215
  2. ↓ 433Enrico#995 → #1,428
  3. ↓ 371Eliseo#844 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 312Meyer#878 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 304Hilbert#869 → #1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930 →