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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

girls
#382
508 births · 1 in 3,823 girls
boys
#3,452
6 births · 1 in 339,792 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #382Alberta508

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #3,452Alberta6
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 3,823 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 94.2% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #379Glenna521
  2. #380Amelia511
  3. #380Laverne511
  4. #382Alberta508
  5. #383Katie502
  6. #383Yvette502
  7. #385Daisy500
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 339,792 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 20.8% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alberta
  1. #3,176Wyn7
  2. #3,176Ygnacio7
  3. #3,176Yosef7
  4. #3,452Alberta6
  5. #3,452Acey6
  6. #3,452Alaric6
  7. #3,452Albion6
  8. #3,827Abbie5
  9. #3,827Abdon5
  10. #3,827Adelaido5

Tied with 374 names at #3,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954