Alma
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning nourishing, kind.
How Alma has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #684 |
| 2016 | #723 |
| 2017 | #650 |
| 2018 | #647 |
| 2019 | #614 |
| 2020 | #564 |
| 2021 | #509 |
| 2022 | #482 |
| 2023 | #461 |
| 2024 | #472 |
| 2025 | #449 |
Alma by the numbers
In 2025, 222 babies in England and Wales were named Alma. In the US, 466 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 3,650 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1895, about 1 in 220 American girls born that year was called Alma.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Alma, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Winniegentle friend; diminutive of Winfred or Winifred416 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Alma
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