Alma
#449 for girls in 2025, 689 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 98.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 1,243 births
- Debut · girls
- 277 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 48 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 163,723since 1880
Alma over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #449 | 689 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #471 | 659 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #461 | 666 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #483 | 658 | — | |
| 2021 | #507 | 613 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #560 | 524 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #615 | 491 | — | |
| 2018 | #648 | 458 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #651 | 455 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #724 | 392 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #684 | 417 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #675 | 421 | — | |
| 2013 | #701 | 402 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #852 | 313 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #875 | 298 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #844 | 318 | — | |
| 2009 | #810 | 349 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #789 | 369 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #701 | 415 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #614 | 475 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #591 | 481 | — | |
| 2004 | #608 | 453 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #635 | 421 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #532 | 515 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #512 | 527 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #491 | 548 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #487 | 532 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #484 | 527 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #466 | 536 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #447 | 566 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #440 | 583 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #429 | 586 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #393 | 645 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #365 | 702 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #386 | 668 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #386 | 685 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #400 | 615 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #444 | 511 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #447 | 492 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #420 | 521 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #409 | 549 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #399 | 530 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #412 | 522 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #381 | 603 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #340 | 687 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #358 | 658 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #383 | 579 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #402 | 513 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #375 | 564 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #362 | 580 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #391 | 520 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #362 | 595 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #378 | 555 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #379 | 568 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #387 | 584 | — | |
| 1970 | #420 | 534 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #427 | 510 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #397 | 543 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #365 | 604 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #370 | 599 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #397 | 551 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #388 | 616 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #374 | 670 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #357 | 713 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #334 | 788 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #334 | 788 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #332 | 814 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #339 | 766 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #285 | 983 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #284 | 948 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #277 | 963 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #260 | 1,013 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #245 | 1,088 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #246 | 1,029 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #246 | 981 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #232 | 1,052 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #229 | 1,054 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #214 | 1,160 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #215 | 1,184 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #208 | 1,170 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #188 | 1,081 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #176 | 1,217 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #174 | 1,336 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #165 | 1,407 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #163 | 1,364 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #152 | 1,428 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #150 | 1,496 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #147 | 1,558 | #1,109 | 34 |
| 1937 | #138 | 1,626 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #137 | 1,610 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #132 | 1,679 | #1,226 | 30 |
| 1934 | #123 | 1,903 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #124 | 1,839 | #1,330 | 25 |
| 1932 | #119 | 2,045 | #1,110 | 37 |
| 1931 | #114 | 2,115 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #109 | 2,380 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #106 | 2,389 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #107 | 2,496 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #97 | 2,847 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #91 | 2,990 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #94 | 2,996 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #87 | 3,240 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #89 | 3,070 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #84 | 3,233 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #78 | 3,589 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #80 | 3,584 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #76 | 3,438 | #989 | 47 |
| 1918 | #73 | 3,650 | #918 | 52 |
| 1917 | #71 | 3,407 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #70 | 3,403 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #70 | 3,248 | #996 | 40 |
| 1914 | #69 | 2,648 | #949 | 34 |
| 1913 | #64 | 2,297 | #777 | 37 |
| 1912 | #62 | 2,183 | #918 | 24 |
| 1911 | #62 | 1,611 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #61 | 1,630 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #61 | 1,375 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #53 | 1,474 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #58 | 1,347 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #57 | 1,266 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #56 | 1,333 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #55 | 1,257 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #53 | 1,244 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #55 | 1,229 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #52 | 1,195 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #57 | 1,372 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | #51 | 1,146 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #52 | 1,299 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #51 | 1,213 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #51 | 1,243 | #481 | 18 |
| 1895 | #55 | 1,144 | #501 | 16 |
| 1894 | #52 | 1,177 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #54 | 1,055 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #56 | 1,056 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #55 | 929 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #57 | 922 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | #62 | 819 | #525 | 13 |
| 1888 | #58 | 853 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #63 | 623 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #62 | 603 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #68 | 515 | #604 | 10 |
| 1884 | #70 | 480 | — | |
| 1883 | #79 | 359 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #74 | 368 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | #78 | 293 | #460 | 14 |
| 1880 | #82 | 277 | #482 | 14 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alma was already there! It came in at #82, and was given to 277 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 370 girls a year got the name.
Where Alma is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#90 · 1 in 373
- Arkansas#102 · 1 in 454
- Virginia#129 · 1 in 660
- Texas#129 · 1 in 679
- Alabama#143 · 1 in 708
Best ever in a state: #22 in Florida, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #90 | 76 | 1 in 373 |
| Arkansas | #102 | 47 | 1 in 454 |
| Texas | #129 | 141 | 1 in 679 |
| Virginia | #129 | 53 | 1 in 660 |
| Alabama | #143 | 52 | 1 in 708 |
| North Carolina | #146 | 67 | 1 in 720 |
| Georgia | #148 | 62 | 1 in 675 |
| South Carolina | #153 | 39 | 1 in 708 |
| Florida | #154 | 37 | 1 in 765 |
| Kentucky | #156 | 36 | 1 in 932 |
| Tennessee | #168 | 36 | 1 in 1,019 |
| West Virginia | #171 | 21 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Louisiana | #181 | 39 | 1 in 872 |
| Montana | #182 | 6 | 1 in 985 |
| Missouri | #225 | 21 | 1 in 1,874 |
| Oklahoma | #244 | 12 | 1 in 1,804 |
| District of Columbia | #261 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Ohio | #265 | 35 | 1 in 2,433 |
| Pennsylvania | #272 | 40 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Illinois | #278 | 33 | 1 in 2,636 |
| Indiana | #290 | 14 | 1 in 2,990 |
| California | #303 | 47 | 1 in 2,416 |
| Arizona | #307 | 5 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Maryland | #317 | 7 | 1 in 3,258 |
| New York | #330 | 43 | 1 in 3,321 |
| Michigan | #342 | 19 | 1 in 3,853 |
| Washington | #361 | 7 | 1 in 3,532 |
| Massachusetts | #424 | 5 | 1 in 8,829 |
| New Jersey | #426 | 7 | 1 in 6,146 |
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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 Alma
- 22 spots since 2024 (#471 → #449)
- 111 spots since 2020 (#560 → #449)
- 235 spots since 2015 (#684 → #449)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 2013 (#852 → #701)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 2003 (#532 → #635)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #51 (1,243 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 68 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 189 girls born in 1894 were named Alma (0.53%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,333 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #51 in 1896, was only 1 in 191 (0.52%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.6% of all girls named Alma (30,434) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,190 | #58 (1888) | #70 |
| 1890s | 11,184 | #51 (1896) | #53 |
| 1900s | 13,092 | #52 (1901) | #56 |
| 1910s | 27,515 | #61 (1910) | #68 |
| 1920s | 30,434 | #78 (1921) | #91 |
| 1930s | 18,251 | #109 (1930) | #129 |
| 1940s | 12,401 | #152 (1940) | #188 |
| 1950s | 9,637 | #232 (1950) | #275 |
| 1960s | 6,382 | #334 (1960) | #374 |
| 1970s | 5,592 | #362 (1974) | #384 |
| 1980s | 5,688 | #340 (1981) | #401 |
| 1990s | 6,030 | #365 (1992) | #428 |
| 2000s | 4,553 | #491 (2000) | #628 |
| 2010s | 3,965 | #615 (2019) | #727 |
| 2020s | 3,809 | #449 (2025) | #489 |
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.
Alma in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 1,628 of them was named Alma, which outranked 96.2% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 255,752 of them was named Alma, which outranked 28.0% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,770Wilmot8
- #2,770Wing8
- #2,770Zenon8
- #3,021Alma7
- #3,021Abundio7
- #3,021Aden7
- #3,021Adron7
- #3,329Acey6
- #3,329Albertus6
- #3,329Alphonsus6
Tied with 307 names at #3,021; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.