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
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 832 births
- Debut · girls
- 76 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 70,365since 1880
Alberta over time
Rank among girls' names. Alberta has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,784 | 63 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,657 | 66 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,692 | 67 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,712 | 64 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,832 | 55 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,263 | 88 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,365 | 78 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,226 | 89 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,038 | 112 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,030 | 113 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,036 | 118 | — | |
| 1970 | #920 | 140 | — | |
| 1969 | #819 | 157 | — | |
| 1968 | #735 | 180 | — | |
| 1967 | #690 | 199 | — | |
| 1966 | #713 | 189 | — | |
| 1965 | #660 | 222 | — | |
| 1964 | #674 | 229 | — | |
| 1963 | #621 | 265 | — | |
| 1962 | #590 | 283 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #558 | 317 | — | |
| 1960 | #500 | 374 | — | |
| 1959 | #508 | 369 | — | |
| 1958 | #517 | 350 | — | |
| 1957 | #453 | 435 | — | |
| 1956 | #435 | 445 | — | |
| 1955 | #401 | 475 | — | |
| 1954 | #382 | 508 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #361 | 551 | — | |
| 1952 | #356 | 537 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #317 | 621 | — | |
| 1950 | #315 | 606 | — | |
| 1949 | #295 | 688 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #285 | 719 | — | |
| 1947 | #278 | 772 | — | |
| 1946 | #247 | 810 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #243 | 762 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #227 | 827 | — | |
| 1943 | #211 | 957 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #207 | 987 | — | |
| 1941 | #206 | 864 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #195 | 927 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #191 | 926 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #193 | 960 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #190 | 998 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #180 | 1,031 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #177 | 1,052 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #167 | 1,122 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #158 | 1,156 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #154 | 1,285 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #146 | 1,354 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #146 | 1,464 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #143 | 1,569 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #151 | 1,555 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #142 | 1,707 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #143 | 1,701 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #140 | 1,843 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #145 | 1,817 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #135 | 1,921 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #136 | 1,852 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #133 | 1,929 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #128 | 1,967 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #120 | 2,017 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #122 | 1,988 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #122 | 1,818 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #123 | 1,765 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #120 | 1,675 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #119 | 1,350 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #108 | 1,196 | — | |
| 1912 | #106 | 1,133 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #114 | 801 | — | |
| 1910 | #104 | 832 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #105 | 738 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #112 | 641 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #107 | 627 | — | |
| 1906 | #115 | 548 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #110 | 577 | — | |
| 1904 | #113 | 517 | — | |
| 1903 | #118 | 483 | — | |
| 1902 | #134 | 417 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #131 | 386 | — | |
| 1900 | #119 | 541 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #152 | 304 | — | |
| 1898 | #166 | 302 | — | |
| 1897 | #156 | 294 | — | |
| 1896 | #170 | 258 | — | |
| 1895 | #172 | 242 | — | |
| 1894 | #176 | 227 | — | |
| 1893 | #194 | 179 | — | |
| 1892 | #185 | 189 | — | |
| 1891 | #183 | 167 | — | |
| 1890 | #182 | 165 | — | |
| 1889 | #203 | 130 | — | |
| 1888 | #184 | 147 | — | |
| 1887 | #184 | 116 | — | |
| 1886 | #198 | 98 | — | |
| 1885 | #191 | 97 | — | |
| 1884 | #175 | 102 | — | |
| 1883 | #204 | 72 | — | |
| 1882 | #169 | 90 | — | |
| 1881 | #190 | 64 | — | |
| 1880 | #171 | 76 | — | |
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.
See more about Alberta
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #104 (832 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 48 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
- 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
- 25.4% of all girls named Alberta (17,861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 992 | #169 (1882) | #187 |
| 1890s | 2,327 | #152 (1899) | #174 |
| 1900s | 5,475 | #105 (1909) | #116 |
| 1910s | 14,575 | #104 (1910) | #116 |
| 1920s | 17,861 | #128 (1920) | #140 |
| 1930s | 11,348 | #146 (1930) | #170 |
| 1940s | 8,313 | #195 (1940) | #239 |
| 1950s | 4,897 | #315 (1950) | #405 |
| 1960s | 2,415 | #500 (1960) | #656 |
| 1970s | 938 | #920 (1970) | #1,284 |
| 1980s | 568 | #1,531 (1982) | #2,036 |
| 1990s | 338 | #2,550 (1991) | #3,710 |
| 2000s | 166 | #4,527 (2000) | #7,954 |
| 2010s | 95 | #7,513 (2010) | #10,855 |
| 2020s | 57 | #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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 27,315 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 85.7% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,760Samuel64
- #1,760Viola64
- #1,760Yahaira64
- #1,784Alberta63
- #1,784Alba63
- #1,784Alise63
- #1,784Anitra63
- #1,809Adela62
- #1,809Amara62
- #1,809Bambi62
Tied with 24 names at #1,784; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Alberta, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.