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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedAKMaine: #147 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 713 girlsMEVermont: #111 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 477 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #94 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 436 girlsNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedIDMontana: #154 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 681 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #190 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,383 girlsMNIllinois: #155 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 971 girlsILWisconsin: #225 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,917 girlsWIMichigan: #167 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsMINew York: #167 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsNYMassachusetts: #161 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedRIOregon: #152 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 825 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: #143 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 808 girlsIAIndiana: #106 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 542 girlsINOhio: #129 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 682 girlsOHPennsylvania: #118 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 681 girlsPANew Jersey: #143 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 858 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #142 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 671 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedUTColorado: #122 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 492 girlsCONebraska: #120 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 566 girlsNEMissouri: #148 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 709 girlsMOKentucky: #137 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 581 girlsKYWest Virginia: #161 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 731 girlsWVVirginia: #150 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 663 girlsVAMaryland: #159 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,013 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedNMKansas: #115 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 508 girlsKSArkansas: #223 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,103 girlsARTennessee: #215 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,292 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #177 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 941 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #86 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 336 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #107 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 475 girlsDCOklahoma: #181 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 879 girlsOKLouisiana: #126 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 477 girlsLAMississippi: #101 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 367 girlsMSAlabama: #121 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 482 girlsALGeorgia: #120 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 530 girlsGAHawaii: #163 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 668 girlsHITexas: #259 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,279 girlsTXFlorida: #140 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 584 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#86 · 1 in 336
  2. New Hampshire#94 · 1 in 436
  3. Mississippi#101 · 1 in 367
  4. Indiana#106 · 1 in 542
  5. District of Columbia#107 · 1 in 475

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#86621 in 336
New Hampshire#9471 in 436
Mississippi#101601 in 367
Indiana#106421 in 542
District of Columbia#10781 in 475
Vermont#11151 in 477
Kansas#115261 in 508
Pennsylvania#1181091 in 681
Georgia#120581 in 530
Nebraska#120181 in 566
Alabama#121621 in 482
Colorado#122161 in 492
Louisiana#126441 in 477
Ohio#129671 in 682
Kentucky#137471 in 581
Florida#140211 in 584
California#142511 in 671
Iowa#143221 in 808
New Jersey#143311 in 858
Maine#14791 in 713
Missouri#148391 in 709
Virginia#150371 in 663
Oregon#15261 in 825
Montana#15451 in 681
Illinois#155521 in 971
Maryland#159121 in 1,013
Massachusetts#161211 in 1,425
West Virginia#161241 in 731
Hawaii#16351 in 668
Michigan#167331 in 1,112
New York#167841 in 1,049
North Carolina#177391 in 941
Oklahoma#181251 in 879
Minnesota#190141 in 1,383
Tennessee#215211 in 1,292
Arkansas#223171 in 1,103
Wisconsin#225121 in 1,917
Texas#259441 in 1,279
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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 1932

girls
#154
1,285 births · 1 in 830 girls
boys
#1,848
16 births · 1 in 65,260 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #154Alberta1,285

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,848Alberta16
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 830 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 97.0% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #151Carole1,317
  2. #152Rosie1,314
  3. #153Connie1,304
  4. #154Alberta1,285
  5. #155Lena1,255
  6. #156Rachel1,254
  7. #157Lula1,230
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dian#1,876 → #913
  2. ↑ 519Carleen#1,394 → #875
  3. ↑ 357Jimmy#1,336 → #979
  4. ↑ 347Letty#1,287 → #940
  5. ↑ 340Letitia#1,148 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 350Blossom#970 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 332Luetta#844 → #1,176
  3. ↓ 305Roy#887 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 289Sofia#887 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 282Joretta#463 → #745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 65,260 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 56.9% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #1,777Wheeler17
  2. #1,777Wilhelm17
  3. #1,777Zachary17
  4. #1,848Alberta16
  5. #1,848Aloys16
  6. #1,848Ammon16
  7. #1,848Aram16
  8. #1,922Adell15
  9. #1,922Adron15
  10. #1,922Apolonio15

Tied with 73 names at #1,848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,418Delano#3,095 → #677
  2. ↑ 969Garner#1,643 → #674
  3. ↑ 868Ronny#1,770 → #902
  4. ↑ 713Darryl#1,693 → #980
  5. ↑ 609Marc#1,589 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 467Jones#959 → #1,426
  2. ↓ 455Hamilton#831 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 393Hyman#697 → #1,090
  4. ↓ 373Davey#983 → #1,356
  5. ↓ 341Hayes#983 → #1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932 →