Alta
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning high, tall.
Babies a year
22
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Alta by the numbers
Alta was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 820 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Alta
Names that are said the same way as Alta, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Altaygold mountain; named after the Altai Mountains4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Alta
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