Almeta
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #9,244
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,241since 1884
Almeta over time
Rank among girls' names. Almeta has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 |
| 1939 | #1,221 | 36 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 |
| 1936 | #1,150 | 38 |
| 1935 | #1,073 | 42 |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 |
| 1933 | #937 | 53 |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 49 |
| 1931 | #1,243 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 |
| 1929 | #941 | 58 |
| 1928 | #1,210 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,079 | 50 |
| 1926 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1925 | #1,119 | 47 |
| 1924 | #914 | 69 |
| 1923 | #1,027 | 54 |
| 1922 | #932 | 63 |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 |
| 1920 | #885 | 67 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 |
| 1918 | #999 | 52 |
| 1917 | #1,040 | 46 |
| 1916 | #993 | 48 |
| 1915 | #968 | 47 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 |
| 1909 | #909 | 20 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Almeta! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Almeta is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#275 · 1 in 2,050
- North Carolina#454 · 1 in 6,161
- Texas#865 · 1 in 11,541
Best ever in a state: #196 in South Carolina, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #275 | 10 | 1 in 2,050 |
| North Carolina | #454 | 6 | 1 in 6,161 |
| Texas | #865 | 5 | 1 in 11,541 |
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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 Almeta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest jump: 471 spots in 1907 (#1,416 → #945)
- Biggest drop: 549 spots in 1901 (#917 → #1,466)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1910 at #845 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1918–1922
- Highest: 1 in 15,250 girls born in 1910 were named Almeta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 254,408 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Almeta (549) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #1,024 (1884) | #1,025 |
| 1890s | 29 | #1,047 (1896) | #1,279 |
| 1900s | 138 | #862 (1903) | #1,056 |
| 1910s | 377 | #845 (1910) | #993 |
| 1920s | 549 | #885 (1920) | #1,024 |
| 1930s | 428 | #937 (1933) | #1,097 |
| 1940s | 276 | #1,186 (1940) | #1,682 |
| 1950s | 206 | #1,931 (1953) | #2,462 |
| 1960s | 102 | #2,814 (1962) | #4,245 |
| 1970s | 83 | #4,362 (1973) | #6,177 |
| 1980s | 41 | #6,705 (1983) | #8,909 |
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.
Almeta in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 31,527 of them was named Almeta, which outranked 75.4% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,219Tiny36
- #1,219Waneta36
- #1,219Zenobia36
- #1,231Almeta35
- #1,231Belia35
- #1,231Charlsie35
- #1,231Coralee35
- #1,250Clemmie34
- #1,250Doloris34
- #1,250Ernest34
Tied with 18 names at #1,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.