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
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,966since 1880
Alda over time
Rank among girls' names. Alda has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,291 | 40 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,010 | 50 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 | — | |
| 1936 | #894 | 58 | — | |
| 1935 | #792 | 73 | — | |
| 1934 | #871 | 61 | — | |
| 1933 | #937 | 53 | — | |
| 1932 | #808 | 71 | — | |
| 1931 | #819 | 69 | — | |
| 1930 | #732 | 92 | — | |
| 1929 | #706 | 98 | — | |
| 1928 | #710 | 99 | — | |
| 1927 | #728 | 97 | — | |
| 1926 | #708 | 105 | — | |
| 1925 | #593 | 148 | — | |
| 1924 | #615 | 148 | — | |
| 1923 | #603 | 145 | — | |
| 1922 | #637 | 132 | — | |
| 1921 | #625 | 139 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #633 | 129 | — | |
| 1919 | #581 | 144 | — | |
| 1918 | #491 | 191 | — | |
| 1917 | #532 | 158 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #593 | 128 | — | |
| 1915 | #559 | 132 | — | |
| 1914 | #595 | 91 | — | |
| 1913 | #624 | 69 | — | |
| 1912 | #630 | 62 | — | |
| 1911 | #564 | 57 | — | |
| 1910 | #640 | 44 | — | |
| 1909 | #580 | 44 | — | |
| 1908 | #602 | 39 | — | |
| 1907 | #554 | 43 | — | |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 | — | |
| 1905 | #570 | 37 | — | |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | — | |
| 1903 | #514 | 39 | — | |
| 1902 | #545 | 35 | — | |
| 1901 | #448 | 44 | — | |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | — | |
| 1899 | #467 | 39 | — | |
| 1898 | #520 | 36 | — | |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 | — | |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 | — | |
| 1895 | #513 | 33 | — | |
| 1894 | #516 | 31 | — | |
| 1893 | #500 | 30 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #559 | 22 | — | |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | — | |
| 1889 | #589 | 19 | — | |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | — | |
| 1887 | #464 | 23 | — | |
| 1886 | #451 | 23 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1881 (#738 → #503)
- Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1882 (#503 → #813)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #448 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 57 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1880–1936
- 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%)
- 25.0% of all girls named Alda (1,240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 143 | #451 (1886) | #597 |
| 1890s | 290 | #467 (1899) | #542 |
| 1900s | 389 | #448 (1901) | #556 |
| 1910s | 1,076 | #491 (1918) | #581 |
| 1920s | 1,240 | #593 (1925) | #656 |
| 1930s | 612 | #732 (1930) | #905 |
| 1940s | 399 | #1,010 (1940) | #1,330 |
| 1950s | 283 | #1,583 (1951) | #2,009 |
| 1960s | 163 | #2,307 (1960) | #3,331 |
| 1970s | 145 | #2,976 (1972) | #4,499 |
| 1980s | 95 | #4,344 (1981) | #6,492 |
| 1990s | 80 | #6,588 (1991) | #9,675 |
| 2000s | 19 | #11,801 (2000) | #13,948 |
| 2010s | 26 | #11,427 (2018) | #14,151 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 8,871 of them was named Alda, which outranked 89.4% 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).
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 220,290 of them was named Alda, which outranked 13.3% 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).
Tied with 663 names at #4,322; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.