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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #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 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedAKMaine: #166 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 845 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #106 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 470 girlsNHWashington: #178 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,054 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: #304 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,055 girlsMNIllinois: #134 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 740 girlsILWisconsin: #337 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,292 girlsWIMichigan: #147 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 940 girlsMINew York: #168 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 1,047 girlsNYMassachusetts: #187 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,839 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedNVWyoming: #70 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 222 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #164 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 858 girlsSDIowa: #138 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 718 girlsIAIndiana: #121 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 613 girlsINOhio: #144 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 859 girlsOHPennsylvania: #125 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 715 girlsPANew Jersey: #127 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 670 girlsNJConnecticut: #142 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 842 girlsCTCalifornia: #189 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 997 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alberta, so not publishedUTColorado: #138 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 543 girlsCONebraska: #145 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 752 girlsNEMissouri: #143 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 656 girlsMOKentucky: #149 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 666 girlsKYWest Virginia: #162 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 748 girlsWVVirginia: #165 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 870 girlsVAMaryland: #165 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,038 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: #107 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 459 girlsKSArkansas: #227 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsARTennessee: #184 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 950 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #152 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 717 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #126 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 529 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #128 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 729 girlsDCOklahoma: #210 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,093 girlsOKLouisiana: #149 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 578 girlsLAMississippi: #101 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 356 girlsMSAlabama: #115 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 457 girlsALGeorgia: #118 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 523 girlsGAHawaii: #82 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 311 girlsHITexas: #352 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsTXFlorida: #135 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 561 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#70 · 1 in 222
  2. Hawaii#82 · 1 in 311
  3. Mississippi#101 · 1 in 356
  4. New Hampshire#106 · 1 in 470
  5. Kansas#107 · 1 in 459

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#7061 in 222
Hawaii#82101 in 311
Mississippi#101571 in 356
New Hampshire#10661 in 470
Kansas#107281 in 459
Alabama#115601 in 457
Georgia#118551 in 523
Indiana#121351 in 613
Pennsylvania#125961 in 715
South Carolina#126381 in 529
New Jersey#127361 in 670
District of Columbia#12851 in 729
Illinois#134651 in 740
Florida#135201 in 561
Colorado#138141 in 543
Iowa#138241 in 718
Connecticut#142111 in 842
Missouri#143401 in 656
Ohio#144501 in 859
Nebraska#145131 in 752
Michigan#147371 in 940
Kentucky#149391 in 666
Louisiana#149331 in 578
North Carolina#152481 in 717
West Virginia#162221 in 748
South Dakota#16461 in 858
Maryland#165111 in 1,038
Virginia#165261 in 870
Maine#16671 in 845
New York#168791 in 1,047
Washington#17881 in 1,054
Tennessee#184271 in 950
Massachusetts#187151 in 1,839
California#189331 in 997
Oklahoma#210201 in 1,093
Arkansas#227161 in 1,146
Minnesota#30461 in 3,055
Wisconsin#33751 in 4,292
Texas#352261 in 2,096
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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 1933

girls
#158
1,156 births · 1 in 872 girls
boys
#1,905
14 births · 1 in 70,823 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #158Alberta1,156

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #1,905Alberta14
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 872 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 96.7% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #155Rosie1,180
  2. #156Charlene1,174
  3. #157Cora1,157
  4. #158Alberta1,156
  5. #159Yvonne1,152
  6. #160Pat1,146
  7. #161Rachel1,142
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 70,823 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 54.2% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #1,829Wash15
  2. #1,829Wray15
  3. #1,829Yoshio15
  4. #1,905Alberta14
  5. #1,905Addie14
  6. #1,905Adron14
  7. #1,905Agnes14
  8. #1,997Alcide13
  9. #1,997Alexis13
  10. #1,997Arsenio13

Tied with 91 names at #1,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →