Alma
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning nourishing, kind.
Babies a year
222
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#449
up from #472
UK popularity
#211
222 babies · up from #234
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 |
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. Its US peak was 3,650 in 1918.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Alma was most common in 1895, when it went to 0.46% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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