Alma
Rank in 2025
#449
recorded as girls
#9714
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
696
girls 689 · boys 7
Peak year
1894
1,177 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
165,942
since 1880
Born an Alma? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Alma was most popular in 1894, when 1,177 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 689 babies were named Alma, ranking #449 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 41%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 689 | 449 | 7 | 9714 |
| 2024 | 659 | 471 | 10 | 7765 |
| 2023 | 666 | 461 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 658 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 613 | 507 | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | 524 | 560 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | 491 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 458 | 648 | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | 455 | 651 | 11 | 7095 |
| 2016 | 392 | 724 | 8 | 8816 |
| 2015 | 417 | 684 | 9 | 8040 |
| 2014 | 421 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 402 | 701 | 8 | 8789 |
| 2012 | 313 | 852 | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | 298 | 875 | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | 318 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 349 | 810 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 369 | 789 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 415 | 701 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 475 | 614 | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | 481 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 453 | 608 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 421 | 635 | 8 | 7831 |
| 2002 | 515 | 532 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 527 | 512 | 11 | 6013 |
| 2000 | 548 | 491 | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | 532 | 487 | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | 527 | 484 | 15 | 4413 |
| 1997 | 536 | 466 | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | 566 | 447 | 11 | 5187 |
| 1995 | 583 | 440 | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | 586 | 429 | 19 | 3469 |
| 1993 | 645 | 393 | 11 | 5002 |
| 1992 | 702 | 365 | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | 668 | 386 | 18 | 3325 |
| 1990 | 685 | 386 | 15 | 3779 |
| 1989 | 615 | 400 | 24 | 2615 |
| 1988 | 511 | 444 | 16 | 3203 |
| 1987 | 492 | 447 | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | 521 | 420 | 9 | 4457 |
| 1985 | 549 | 409 | 14 | 3216 |
| 1984 | 530 | 399 | 16 | 2824 |
| 1983 | 522 | 412 | 17 | 2676 |
| 1982 | 603 | 381 | 18 | 2596 |
| 1981 | 687 | 340 | 15 | 2898 |
| 1980 | 658 | 358 | 20 | 2444 |
| 1979 | 579 | 383 | 22 | 2236 |
| 1978 | 513 | 402 | 11 | 3400 |
| 1977 | 564 | 375 | 20 | 2270 |
| 1976 | 580 | 362 | 13 | 2946 |
| 1975 | 520 | 391 | 21 | 2134 |
| 1974 | 595 | 362 | 19 | 2199 |
| 1973 | 555 | 378 | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | 568 | 379 | 8 | 3622 |
| 1971 | 584 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 534 | 420 | 12 | 2739 |
| 1969 | 510 | 427 | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | 543 | 397 | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | 604 | 365 | 11 | 2470 |
| 1966 | 599 | 370 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 551 | 397 | 15 | 2084 |
| 1964 | 616 | 388 | 10 | 2665 |
| 1963 | 670 | 374 | 9 | 2858 |
| 1962 | 713 | 357 | 13 | 2279 |
| 1961 | 788 | 334 | 12 | 2409 |
| 1960 | 788 | 334 | 8 | 3077 |
| 1959 | 814 | 332 | 15 | 2111 |
| 1958 | 766 | 339 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 983 | 285 | 12 | 2375 |
| 1956 | 948 | 284 | 7 | 3216 |
| 1955 | 963 | 277 | 14 | 2139 |
| 1954 | 1,013 | 260 | 14 | 2114 |
| 1953 | 1,088 | 245 | 15 | 2038 |
| 1952 | 1,029 | 246 | 13 | 2153 |
| 1951 | 981 | 246 | 18 | 1774 |
| 1950 | 1,052 | 232 | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | 1,054 | 229 | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | 1,160 | 214 | 17 | 1817 |
| 1947 | 1,184 | 215 | 13 | 2169 |
| 1946 | 1,170 | 208 | 17 | 1759 |
| 1945 | 1,081 | 188 | 9 | 2393 |
| 1944 | 1,217 | 176 | 20 | 1525 |
| 1943 | 1,336 | 174 | 11 | 2277 |
| 1942 | 1,407 | 165 | 20 | 1585 |
| 1941 | 1,364 | 163 | 25 | 1333 |
| 1940 | 1,428 | 152 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 1,496 | 150 | 23 | 1390 |
| 1938 | 1,558 | 147 | 34 | 1109 |
| 1937 | 1,626 | 138 | 20 | 1528 |
| 1936 | 1,610 | 137 | 23 | 1384 |
| 1935 | 1,679 | 132 | 30 | 1226 |
| 1934 | 1,903 | 123 | 22 | 1461 |
| 1933 | 1,839 | 124 | 25 | 1330 |
| 1932 | 2,045 | 119 | 37 | 1110 |
| 1931 | 2,115 | 114 | 37 | 1111 |
| 1930 | 2,380 | 109 | 29 | 1330 |
| 1929 | 2,389 | 106 | 33 | 1214 |
| 1928 | 2,496 | 107 | 27 | 1413 |
| 1927 | 2,847 | 97 | 36 | 1198 |
| 1926 | 2,990 | 91 | 31 | 1296 |
| 1925 | 2,996 | 94 | 32 | 1279 |
| 1924 | 3,240 | 87 | 30 | 1355 |
| 1923 | 3,070 | 89 | 23 | 1589 |
| 1922 | 3,233 | 84 | 33 | 1259 |
| 1921 | 3,589 | 78 | 41 | 1101 |
| 1920 | 3,584 | 80 | 39 | 1139 |
| 1919 | 3,438 | 76 | 47 | 989 |
| 1918 | 3,650 | 73 | 52 | 918 |
| 1917 | 3,407 | 71 | 40 | 1033 |
| 1916 | 3,403 | 70 | 47 | 922 |
| 1915 | 3,248 | 70 | 40 | 996 |
| 1914 | 2,648 | 69 | 34 | 949 |
| 1913 | 2,297 | 64 | 37 | 777 |
| 1912 | 2,183 | 62 | 24 | 918 |
| 1911 | 1,611 | 62 | 14 | 896 |
| 1910 | 1,630 | 61 | 9 | 1118 |
| 1909 | 1,375 | 61 | 17 | 653 |
| 1908 | 1,474 | 53 | 14 | 712 |
| 1907 | 1,347 | 58 | 10 | 866 |
| 1906 | 1,266 | 57 | 12 | 709 |
| 1905 | 1,333 | 56 | 10 | 786 |
| 1904 | 1,257 | 55 | 7 | 966 |
| 1903 | 1,244 | 53 | 8 | 846 |
| 1902 | 1,229 | 55 | 8 | 862 |
| 1901 | 1,195 | 52 | 13 | 559 |
| 1900 | 1,372 | 57 | 13 | 699 |
| 1899 | 1,146 | 51 | 9 | 714 |
| 1898 | 1,299 | 52 | 10 | 701 |
| 1897 | 1,213 | 51 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 1,243 | 51 | 18 | 481 |
| 1895 | 1,144 | 55 | 16 | 501 |
| 1894 | 1,177 | 52 | 5 | 1074 |
| 1893 | 1,055 | 54 | 10 | 650 |
| 1892 | 1,056 | 56 | 12 | 597 |
| 1891 | 929 | 55 | 13 | 497 |
| 1890 | 922 | 57 | 11 | 603 |
| 1889 | 819 | 62 | 13 | 525 |
| 1888 | 853 | 58 | 11 | 609 |
| 1887 | 623 | 63 | 10 | 583 |
| 1886 | 603 | 62 | 5 | 959 |
| 1885 | 515 | 68 | 10 | 604 |
| 1884 | 480 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 359 | 79 | 10 | 597 |
| 1882 | 368 | 74 | 10 | 611 |
| 1881 | 293 | 78 | 14 | 460 |
| 1880 | 277 | 82 | 14 | 482 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years