Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alma

#243 most common girls' name of all time · #454 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#243
Rank overall
#454 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
165,942
Since 2016
5,662
Peak year
1918 #73
Best rank
#51 1896
Girls Boys peak 3,702/yr
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Alma is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 689 7 696 #449
2024 659 10 669 #471
2023 666 5 671 #461
2022 658 658 #483
2021 613 6 619 #507
2020 524 5 529 #560
2019 491 491 #615
2018 458 5 463 #648
2017 455 11 466 #652
2016 392 8 400 #724
2015 417 9 426 #684
2014 421 421 #675
2013 402 8 410 #701
2012 313 6 319 #852
2011 298 6 304 #875
2010 318 318 #844
2009 349 5 354 #810
2008 369 6 375 #789
2007 415 5 420 #701
2006 475 10 485 #614
2005 481 481 #591
2004 453 9 462 #608
2003 421 8 429 #635
2002 515 7 522 #532
2001 527 11 538 #512
2000 548 8 556 #491
1999 532 11 543 #487
1998 527 15 542 #484
1997 536 7 543 #466
1996 566 11 577 #447
1995 583 10 593 #440
1994 586 19 605 #429
1993 645 11 656 #393
1992 702 11 713 #365
1991 668 18 686 #386
1990 685 15 700 #386
1989 615 24 639 #400
1988 511 16 527 #444
1987 492 13 505 #447
1986 521 9 530 #420
1985 549 14 563 #409
1984 530 16 546 #399
1983 522 17 539 #412
1982 603 18 621 #381
1981 687 15 702 #340
1980 658 20 678 #358
1979 579 22 601 #383
1978 513 11 524 #402
1977 564 20 584 #375
1976 580 13 593 #362
1975 520 21 541 #391
1974 595 19 614 #362
1973 555 10 565 #378
1972 568 8 576 #379
1971 584 584 #387
1970 534 12 546 #420
1969 510 7 517 #427
1968 543 6 549 #397
1967 604 11 615 #365
1966 599 8 607 #370
1965 551 15 566 #397
1964 616 10 626 #388
1963 670 9 679 #374
1962 713 13 726 #357
1961 788 12 800 #334
1960 788 8 796 #334
1959 814 15 829 #332
1958 766 5 771 #339
1957 983 12 995 #285
1956 948 7 955 #284
1955 963 14 977 #277
1954 1,013 14 1,027 #260
1953 1,088 15 1,103 #245
1952 1,029 13 1,042 #246
1951 981 18 999 #246
1950 1,052 7 1,059 #232
1949 1,054 9 1,063 #229
1948 1,160 17 1,177 #214
1947 1,184 13 1,197 #215
1946 1,170 17 1,187 #208
1945 1,081 9 1,090 #188
1944 1,217 20 1,237 #177
1943 1,336 11 1,347 #174
1942 1,407 20 1,427 #165
1941 1,364 25 1,389 #164
1940 1,428 9 1,437 #152
1939 1,496 23 1,519 #150
1938 1,558 34 1,592 #147
1937 1,626 20 1,646 #138
1936 1,610 23 1,633 #137
1935 1,679 30 1,709 #132
1934 1,903 22 1,925 #123
1933 1,839 25 1,864 #124
1932 2,045 37 2,082 #119
1931 2,115 37 2,152 #114
1930 2,380 29 2,409 #109
1929 2,389 33 2,422 #106
1928 2,496 27 2,523 #107
1927 2,847 36 2,883 #97
1926 2,990 31 3,021 #91
1925 2,996 32 3,028 #94
1924 3,240 30 3,270 #87
1923 3,070 23 3,093 #89
1922 3,233 33 3,266 #84
1921 3,589 41 3,630 #78
1920 3,584 39 3,623 #80
1919 3,438 47 3,485 #76
1918 3,650 52 3,702 #73
1917 3,407 40 3,447 #71
1916 3,403 47 3,450 #70
1915 3,248 40 3,288 #70
1914 2,648 34 2,682 #69
1913 2,297 37 2,334 #64
1912 2,183 24 2,207 #62
1911 1,611 14 1,625 #62
1910 1,630 9 1,639 #61
1909 1,375 17 1,392 #61
1908 1,474 14 1,488 #53
1907 1,347 10 1,357 #58
1906 1,266 12 1,278 #57
1905 1,333 10 1,343 #56
1904 1,257 7 1,264 #55
1903 1,244 8 1,252 #53
1902 1,229 8 1,237 #55
1901 1,195 13 1,208 #52
1900 1,372 13 1,385 #57
1899 1,146 9 1,155 #51
1898 1,299 10 1,309 #52
1897 1,213 7 1,220 #51
1896 1,243 18 1,261 #51
1895 1,144 16 1,160 #55
1894 1,177 5 1,182 #52
1893 1,055 10 1,065 #54
1892 1,056 12 1,068 #56
1891 929 13 942 #55
1890 922 11 933 #57
1889 819 13 832 #62
1888 853 11 864 #58
1887 623 10 633 #63
1886 603 5 608 #62
1885 515 10 525 #68
1884 480 480 #70
1883 359 10 369 #79
1882 368 10 378 #74
1881 293 14 307 #78
1880 277 14 291 #82