By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Alma is most popular
Girls named Alma per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.405 per 1,000.
Strongest in Minnesota, Oregon, and Florida.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Alma born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Alma
Alma is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #449 in 2025 with 689 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1880, 165,942 American babies have been named Alma. Its peak came in 1918, when 3,702 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1910s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Alma stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
