NameTides

Alma

Alma was the #449 girls' name in the US in 2025 (689 babies), and #211 in England & Wales and #347 in Canada.

Alma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Alma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#449 (689)#211 (222)#256 (14)#226 (19)#347 (89)
2024#471 (659)#234 (205)#315 (11)#213 (20)#442 (68)
2023#461 (666)#228 (205)#365 (9)#625 (5)#298 (101)
2022#483 (658)#279 (164)#470 (6)#389 (10)#347 (86)
2021#507 (613)#267 (177)#442 (7)#270 (16)#577 (52)
2020#560 (524)#304 (153)#370 (9)#410 (9)#547 (53)
2019#615 (491)#345 (129)#560 (5)#502 (7)#603 (51)
2018#648 (458)#362 (127)#680 (4)#512 (7)#581 (53)
2017#651 (455)#413 (106)#666 (4)#579 (6)#568 (55)
2016#724 (392)#529 (80)#502 (6)#515 (7)#590 (52)
2015#684 (417)#609 (68)#806 (3)#581 (6)#743 (38)
2014#675 (421)#629 (64)—#661 (5)#948 (28)
2013#701 (402)#684 (58)—#660 (5)#758 (37)
2012#852 (313)#749 (53)#580 (5)#677 (5)#723 (39)
2011#875 (298)#702 (55)—#937 (3)#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1894 at #52.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alma is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #343WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #221MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #328NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #404NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #327CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #634CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #676GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #422TXFlorida: #209FL
Alma (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#20628
Ontario2024#50625

Alma (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlmaCanadaGirls#34789
AlmaEngland & WalesGirls#211222
AlmaIrelandGirls#22619
AlmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlmaScotlandGirls#25614
AlmaUSGirls#449689
AlmaUSBoys#9,7147