Alda

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · Last seen for boys in 1921 at #4,322
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1901 · 44 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,966
since 1880

Alda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alda has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #448, 1901girls
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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
2024
2023#13,4626
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#11,4278
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012#16,8695
2011#13,3477
2010#14,9596
2009
2008
2007#17,6365
2006
2005
2004
2003#12,4087
2002
2001
2000#11,8017
1999
1998#14,1225
1997#13,7245
1996#13,5185
1995#8,07910
1994#7,60411
1993#8,05210
1992#7,51211
1991#6,58813
1990#7,88010
1989#7,44910
1988
1987#7,9878
1986#6,15611
1985#6,9559
1984#6,29110
1983#5,45712
1982#7,4698
1981#4,34417
1980#6,31910
1979#5,09213
1978#5,21412
1977#6,8928
1976#4,15415
1975#4,37014
1974#5,01111
1973#3,97115
1972#2,97622
1971#3,06222
1970#4,24613
1969#3,77414
1968#2,96919
1967#4,30010
1966#3,04017
1965#3,95211
1964#3,10817
1963#4,01911
1962#3,29315
1961#2,54323
1960#2,30726
1959#2,23426
1958#2,58120
1957#2,02829
1956#2,24924
1955#2,22224
1954#1,98728
1953#1,62237
1952#1,86129
1951#1,58336
1950#1,72030
1949#1,43741
1948#1,43941
1947#1,46141
1946#1,39439
1945#1,29238
1944#1,45531
1943#1,29140
1942#1,43832
1941#1,08746
1940#1,01050
1939#1,10242
1938#99251
1937#1,09942
1936#89458
1935#79273
1934#87161
1933#93753
1932#80871
1931#81969
1930#73292
1929#70698
1928#71099
1927#72897
1926#708105
1925#593148
1924#615148
1923#603145
1922#637132
1921#625139#4,3225
1920#633129
1919#581144
1918#491191
1917#532158#3,9815
1916#593128
1915#559132
1914#59591
1913#62469
1912#63062
1911#56457
1910#64044
1909#58044
1908#60239
1907#55443
1906#51544
1905#57037
1904#64029
1903#51439
1902#54535
1901#44844
1900#58935
1899#46739
1898#52036
1897#47736
1896#65123
1895#51333
1894#51631
1893#50030
1892#63820
1891#55922
1890#57820
1889#58919
1888#66315
1887#46423
1886#45123
1885#55715
1884#50117
1883#6928
1882#8136
1881#50311
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alda was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Alda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1881 (#738#503)
  • Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1882 (#503#813)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #448 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,440
  • Highest: 1 in 5,440 girls born in 1901 were named Alda (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.0% of all girls named Alda (1,240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s143#451 (1886)#597
1890s290#467 (1899)#542
1900s389#448 (1901)#556
1910s1,076#491 (1918)#581
1920s1,240#593 (1925)#656
1930s612#732 (1930)#905
1940s399#1,010 (1940)#1,330
1950s283#1,583 (1951)#2,009
1960s163#2,307 (1960)#3,331
1970s145#2,976 (1972)#4,499
1980s95#4,344 (1981)#6,492
1990s80#6,588 (1991)#9,675
2000s19#11,801 (2000)#13,948
2010s26#11,427 (2018)#14,151
2020s6#13,462 (2023)#13,462

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.

Alda in 1918

girls
#491
191 births · 1 in 6,061 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #491Alda191
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 6,061 of them was named Alda, which outranked 91.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alda
  1. #487Dovie194
  2. #489Jaunita193
  3. #489Louisa193
  4. #491Alda191
  5. #491Claudine191
  6. #491Lucia191
  7. #494Aurelia188
  8. #494Elena188
  9. #496Dortha186

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

See the top 100 for 1918