Alta
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · Last seen for boys in 1937 at #3,518
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 91 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,931since 1880
Alta over time
Rank among girls' names. Alta 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 | #4,265 | 33 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,327 | 42 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,719 | 53 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,548 | 52 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,516 | 54 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,393 | 65 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,323 | 70 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,268 | 76 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,163 | 88 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,165 | 83 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,041 | 101 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,044 | 100 | — | |
| 1956 | #935 | 116 | — | |
| 1955 | #906 | 117 | — | |
| 1954 | #897 | 114 | — | |
| 1953 | #760 | 144 | — | |
| 1952 | #691 | 166 | — | |
| 1951 | #682 | 164 | — | |
| 1950 | #647 | 175 | — | |
| 1949 | #603 | 187 | — | |
| 1948 | #615 | 181 | — | |
| 1947 | #605 | 198 | — | |
| 1946 | #558 | 202 | — | |
| 1945 | #496 | 215 | — | |
| 1944 | #476 | 224 | — | |
| 1943 | #476 | 239 | — | |
| 1942 | #445 | 271 | — | |
| 1941 | #436 | 247 | — | |
| 1940 | #398 | 291 | — | |
| 1939 | #392 | 288 | — | |
| 1938 | #384 | 301 | — | |
| 1937 | #356 | 325 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #345 | 329 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #325 | 376 | — | |
| 1934 | #335 | 355 | — | |
| 1933 | #294 | 424 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #312 | 416 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #307 | 429 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #318 | 427 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #305 | 477 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #290 | 515 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #281 | 564 | — | |
| 1926 | #273 | 605 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #271 | 598 | — | |
| 1924 | #255 | 663 | — | |
| 1923 | #255 | 629 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #247 | 691 | — | |
| 1921 | #243 | 741 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #244 | 715 | — | |
| 1919 | #231 | 738 | — | |
| 1918 | #221 | 820 | — | |
| 1917 | #217 | 783 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #220 | 765 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #222 | 721 | — | |
| 1914 | #227 | 552 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #213 | 486 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #207 | 459 | — | |
| 1911 | #201 | 357 | — | |
| 1910 | #191 | 347 | — | |
| 1909 | #180 | 327 | — | |
| 1908 | #182 | 313 | — | |
| 1907 | #176 | 319 | — | |
| 1906 | #171 | 316 | — | |
| 1905 | #167 | 316 | — | |
| 1904 | #164 | 327 | — | |
| 1903 | #172 | 282 | — | |
| 1902 | #170 | 279 | — | |
| 1901 | #165 | 275 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #164 | 337 | — | |
| 1899 | #161 | 278 | — | |
| 1898 | #161 | 317 | — | |
| 1897 | #155 | 295 | — | |
| 1896 | #155 | 302 | — | |
| 1895 | #156 | 277 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #144 | 298 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #147 | 274 | — | |
| 1892 | #145 | 282 | — | |
| 1891 | #146 | 239 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #151 | 234 | — | |
| 1889 | #147 | 226 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #147 | 218 | — | |
| 1887 | #139 | 187 | — | |
| 1886 | #151 | 159 | — | |
| 1885 | #144 | 155 | — | |
| 1884 | #151 | 140 | — | |
| 1883 | #156 | 114 | — | |
| 1882 | #148 | 119 | — | |
| 1881 | #137 | 114 | — | |
| 1880 | #151 | 91 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alta was already there! It came in at #151, and was given to 91 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.
See more about Alta
- 1,697 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #4,265)
- 738 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #4,265)
- 1,193 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #4,265)
- Biggest jump: 18 spots in 1933 (#312 → #294)
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1954 (#760 → #897)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #137 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 82 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 748 girls born in 1894 were named Alta (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #137 in 1881, was only 1 in 807 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all girls named Alta (6,198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,523 | #137 (1881) | #147 |
| 1890s | 2,796 | #144 (1894) | #152 |
| 1900s | 3,091 | #164 (1900) | #171 |
| 1910s | 6,028 | #191 (1910) | #215 |
| 1920s | 6,198 | #243 (1921) | #266 |
| 1930s | 3,670 | #294 (1933) | #337 |
| 1940s | 2,255 | #398 (1940) | #511 |
| 1950s | 1,280 | #647 (1950) | #877 |
| 1960s | 589 | #1,163 (1960) | #1,517 |
| 1970s | 420 | #1,719 (1970) | #2,080 |
| 1980s | 289 | #2,327 (1982) | #3,247 |
| 1990s | 188 | #4,236 (1992) | #5,306 |
| 2000s | 186 | #4,791 (2000) | #6,521 |
| 2010s | 244 | #4,250 (2016) | #5,642 |
| 2020s | 174 | #4,090 (2021) | #4,726 |
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.
Alta in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 1,365 of them was named Alta, which outranked 95.7% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 178,016 of them was named Alta, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 638 names at #3,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.