Alda

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · Last seen for boys in 1921 at #4,322
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1901 · 44 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,966
since 1880

Alda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alda has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #448, 1901girls
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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——
2024——
2023#13,4626—
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018#11,4278—
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012#16,8695—
2011#13,3477—
2010#14,9596—
2009——
2008——
2007#17,6365—
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003#12,4087—
2002——
2001——
2000#11,8017—
1999——
1998#14,1225—
1997#13,7245—
1996#13,5185—
1995#8,07910—
1994#7,60411—
1993#8,05210—
1992#7,51211—
1991#6,58813—
1990#7,88010—
1989#7,44910—
1988——
1987#7,9878—
1986#6,15611—
1985#6,9559—
1984#6,29110—
1983#5,45712—
1982#7,4698—
1981#4,34417—
1980#6,31910—
1979#5,09213—
1978#5,21412—
1977#6,8928—
1976#4,15415—
1975#4,37014—
1974#5,01111—
1973#3,97115—
1972#2,97622—
1971#3,06222—
1970#4,24613—
1969#3,77414—
1968#2,96919—
1967#4,30010—
1966#3,04017—
1965#3,95211—
1964#3,10817—
1963#4,01911—
1962#3,29315—
1961#2,54323—
1960#2,30726—
1959#2,23426—
1958#2,58120—
1957#2,02829—
1956#2,24924—
1955#2,22224—
1954#1,98728—
1953#1,62237—
1952#1,86129—
1951#1,58336—
1950#1,72030—
1949#1,43741—
1948#1,43941—
1947#1,46141—
1946#1,39439—
1945#1,29238—
1944#1,45531—
1943#1,29140—
1942#1,43832—
1941#1,08746—
1940#1,01050—
1939#1,10242—
1938#99251—
1937#1,09942—
1936#89458—
1935#79273—
1934#87161—
1933#93753—
1932#80871—
1931#81969—
1930#73292—
1929#70698—
1928#71099—
1927#72897—
1926#708105—
1925#593148—
1924#615148—
1923#603145—
1922#637132—
1921#625139#4,3225
1920#633129—
1919#581144—
1918#491191—
1917#532158#3,9815
1916#593128—
1915#559132—
1914#59591—
1913#62469—
1912#63062—
1911#56457—
1910#64044—
1909#58044—
1908#60239—
1907#55443—
1906#51544—
1905#57037—
1904#64029—
1903#51439—
1902#54535—
1901#44844—
1900#58935—
1899#46739—
1898#52036—
1897#47736—
1896#65123—
1895#51333—
1894#51631—
1893#50030—
1892#63820—
1891#55922—
1890#57820—
1889#58919—
1888#66315—
1887#46423—
1886#45123—
1885#55715—
1884#50117—
1883#6928—
1882#8136—
1881#50311—
1880#7386—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alda was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alda is popular in 1972

No state had 5 or more girls named Alda in 1972, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Alda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1881 (#738 → #503)
  • Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1882 (#503 → #813)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #448 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,440
  • Highest: 1 in 5,440 girls born in 1901 were named Alda (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.0% of all girls named Alda (1,240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s143#451 (1886)#597
1890s290#467 (1899)#542
1900s389#448 (1901)#556
1910s1,076#491 (1918)#581
1920s1,240#593 (1925)#656
1930s612#732 (1930)#905
1940s399#1,010 (1940)#1,330
1950s283#1,583 (1951)#2,009
1960s163#2,307 (1960)#3,331
1970s145#2,976 (1972)#4,499
1980s95#4,344 (1981)#6,492
1990s80#6,588 (1991)#9,675
2000s19#11,801 (2000)#13,948
2010s26#11,427 (2018)#14,151
2020s6#13,462 (2023)#13,462

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.

Alda in 1972

girls
#2,976
22 births · 1 in 69,147 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #2,976Alda22
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 69,147 of them was named Alda, which outranked 69.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alda
  1. #2,903Wesley23
  2. #2,903Yolande23
  3. #2,903Yolunda23
  4. #2,976Alda22
  5. #2,976Alise22
  6. #2,976Amberly22
  7. #2,976Andree22
  8. #3,062Agatha21
  9. #3,062Aime21
  10. #3,062Alene21

Tied with 85 names at #2,976; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →