Alberta

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,089
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 832 births
Debut · girls
76 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
70,365
since 1880

Alberta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alberta has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #104, 1910girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#10,2719
2023#13,4626
2022#9,68010
2021#8,46412
2020#9,54610
2019#10,4739
2018#12,4647
2017#12,7137
2016#12,8767
2015#10,8669
2014#11,9318
2013#10,23510
2012#9,10912
2011#10,37410
2010#7,51316
2009#15,2426
2008#10,80710
2007#8,09815
2006#7,86815
2005#7,50015
2004#9,89210
2003#6,29918
2002#4,62126
2001#4,68825
2000#4,52726
1999#6,83614
1998#5,36319
1997#3,62631
1996#4,05926
1995#3,49231
1994#2,79743
1993#2,76843
1992#2,86941
1991#2,55048
1990#2,73742
1989#2,71441
1988#2,93135
1987#2,33245#6,0896
1986#2,30044#4,4579
1985#1,78463#6,5235
1984#1,65766
1983#1,62968
1982#1,53177
1981#1,79062
1980#1,69267
1979#1,71264
1978#1,42281
1977#1,83255
1976#1,26388
1975#1,36578
1974#1,22689
1973#1,038112
1972#1,030113
1971#1,036118
1970#920140
1969#819157
1968#735180
1967#690199
1966#713189
1965#660222
1964#674229
1963#621265
1962#590283#4,0335
1961#558317
1960#500374
1959#508369
1958#517350
1957#453435
1956#435445
1955#401475
1954#382508#3,4526
1953#361551
1952#356537#3,7345
1951#317621
1950#315606
1949#295688#3,6905
1948#285719
1947#278772
1946#247810#2,9197
1945#243762#2,7437
1944#227827
1943#211957#2,40510
1942#207987
1941#206864#3,5055
1940#195927#2,32210
1939#191926#2,6098
1938#193960#2,4799
1937#190998#3,5185
1936#1801,031#2,6298
1935#1771,052#2,5299
1934#1671,122#3,6795
1933#1581,156#1,90514
1932#1541,285#1,84816
1931#1461,354#2,8648
1930#1461,464#1,96415
1929#1431,569#2,00215
1928#1511,555#2,27013
1927#1421,707#2,19314
1926#1431,701#2,07415
1925#1401,843#3,4087
1924#1451,817#2,34713
1923#1351,921#2,61411
1922#1361,852#2,63011
1921#1331,929#3,5177
1920#1281,967#3,2088
1919#1202,017#2,8779
1918#1221,988#1,99816
1917#1221,818#3,2177
1916#1231,765#2,9268
1915#1201,675#3,0827
1914#1191,350#1,86812
1913#1081,196
1912#1061,133#1,8858
1911#114801
1910#104832#1,1938
1909#105738#1,0209
1908#112641#1,2176
1907#107627
1906#115548#1,0047
1905#110577
1904#113517
1903#118483
1902#134417#1,1375
1901#131386
1900#119541#1,1626
1899#152304
1898#166302
1897#156294
1896#170258
1895#172242
1894#176227
1893#194179
1892#185189
1891#183167
1890#182165
1889#203130
1888#184147
1887#184116
1886#19898
1885#19197
1884#175102
1883#20472
1882#16990
1881#19064
1880#17176
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alberta was already there! It came in at #171, and was given to 76 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2009, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 814 spots since 2024 (#10,271#9,457)
  • 89 spots since 2020 (#9,546#9,457)
  • 1,409 spots since 2015 (#10,866#9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 33 spots in 1900 (#152#119)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1971 (#920#1,036)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #104 (832 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 470
  • Highest: 1 in 470 girls born in 1909 were named Alberta (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #104 in 1910, was only 1 in 477 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.4% of all girls named Alberta (17,861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s992#169 (1882)#187
1890s2,327#152 (1899)#174
1900s5,475#105 (1909)#116
1910s14,575#104 (1910)#116
1920s17,861#128 (1920)#140
1930s11,348#146 (1930)#170
1940s8,313#195 (1940)#239
1950s4,897#315 (1950)#405
1960s2,415#500 (1960)#656
1970s938#920 (1970)#1,284
1980s568#1,531 (1982)#2,036
1990s338#2,550 (1991)#3,710
2000s166#4,527 (2000)#7,954
2010s95#7,513 (2010)#10,855
2020s57#8,464 (2021)#10,147

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.

Alberta in 1921

girls
#133
1,929 births · 1 in 639 girls
boys
#3,517
7 births · 1 in 157,350 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #133Alberta1,929

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #3,517Alberta7
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 639 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 97.7% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #130Dora2,026
  2. #131Rosa1,977
  3. #132Naomi1,976
  4. #133Alberta1,929
  5. #134Anita1,924
  6. #135Fannie1,892
  7. #136Sophie1,865
Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 157,350 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 29.4% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #3,214York8
  2. #3,214Ysabel8
  3. #3,214Zenas8
  4. #3,517Alberta7
  5. #3,517Ab7
  6. #3,517Abron7
  7. #3,517Ac7
  8. #3,869Abb6
  9. #3,869Acey6
  10. #3,869Adair6

Tied with 351 names at #3,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921