Alta
Rank in 2025
#4265
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
33
girls 33
Peak year
1894
298 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
29,048
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Alta was most popular in 1894, when 298 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 33 babies were named Alta, ranking #4265 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 4265 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 5962 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 30 | 4565 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 31 | 4472 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 35 | 4090 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 25 | 5003 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 30 | 4562 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 5338 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 34 | 4250 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 24 | 5458 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 19 | 6451 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 30 | 4645 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 15 | 7804 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 21 | 6148 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 17 | 7217 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 18 | 7066 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 19 | 6812 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 14 | 8237 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 21 | 5800 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 7391 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 16 | 6885 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 5254 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 20 | 5570 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 4791 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 18 | 5661 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 12 | 7532 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 21 | 4819 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | 6064 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 17 | 5439 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | 5016 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 24 | 4257 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 24 | 4236 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | 5659 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 22 | 4380 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 33 | 3165 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 20 | 4308 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 21 | 3983 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | 4028 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 27 | 3246 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 34 | 2677 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 29 | 2910 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 42 | 2327 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 25 | 3340 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 38 | 2486 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 37 | 2477 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 43 | 2159 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 44 | 2124 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 36 | 2292 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 44 | 1986 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 37 | 2172 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 43 | 1913 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 40 | 1989 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 43 | 1966 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 53 | 1719 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 52 | 1667 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 52 | 1594 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 39 | 1881 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 52 | 1548 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 54 | 1516 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 65 | 1393 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 41 | 1815 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 70 | 1323 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 76 | 1268 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 88 | 1163 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 83 | 1165 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 101 | 1041 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 100 | 1044 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 116 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 117 | 906 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 114 | 897 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 144 | 760 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 166 | 691 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 164 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 175 | 647 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 187 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 181 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 198 | 605 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 202 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 215 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 224 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 239 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 271 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 247 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 291 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 288 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 301 | 384 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 325 | 356 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 329 | 345 | 5 | 3549 |
| 1935 | 376 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 355 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 424 | 294 | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | 416 | 312 | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | 429 | 307 | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | 427 | 318 | 7 | 3289 |
| 1929 | 477 | 305 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 515 | 290 | 6 | 3697 |
| 1927 | 564 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 605 | 273 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 598 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 663 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 629 | 255 | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | 691 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 741 | 243 | 7 | 3517 |
| 1920 | 715 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 738 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 820 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 783 | 217 | 9 | 2732 |
| 1916 | 765 | 220 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 721 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 552 | 227 | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | 486 | 213 | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | 459 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 357 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 347 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 327 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 313 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 319 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 316 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 316 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 327 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 282 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 279 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 275 | 165 | 5 | 1058 |
| 1900 | 337 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 278 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 317 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 295 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 302 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 277 | 156 | 9 | 738 |
| 1894 | 298 | 144 | 5 | 1074 |
| 1893 | 274 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 282 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 239 | 146 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 234 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 226 | 147 | 5 | 974 |
| 1888 | 218 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 187 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 159 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 155 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 140 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 114 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 119 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 114 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 91 | 151 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years