Alba

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Alba is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 204 births. Its best rank was 740th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2040.01% of girls
Peak year: 2024204 births
Best rank: #740in 1880
Since 1880: 7,292people given the name

Babies named Alba, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

7,292 girls have been named Alba in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 204 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Alba
1880s	35
1890s	54
1900s	84
1910s	461
1920s	491
1930s	301
1940s	158
1950s	320
1960s	305
1970s	356
1980s	838
1990s	811
2000s	718
2010s	1,390
2020s	970

In 2024, its biggest year

Alba was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Alba

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.