Alba
Alba was given to 177 girls in 2025, #1,261 among girls’ names; 7,579 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,860 Americans named Alba and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 9 and 40.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alba by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alba mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alba is “a female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.”
From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.
/ˈɑlbə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alba?
#1,261 among girls’ names, 2025
Alba rose from #1,454 in 2015 to #1,261 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.09 to 0.11 per 1,000.
205 babies in 2024, the peak
Alba peaked in 2024, when 205 girls were given it, #1,170 among girls’ names. The 177 births of 2025 are 86% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | #1,261 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 205 | #1,170 | 0.13 |
| 2023 | 188 | #1,238 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 198 | #1,220 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 193 | #1,221 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 188 | #1,214 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,392 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,616 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 148 | #1,495 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,712 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 158 | #1,454 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 149 | #1,493 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 146 | #1,510 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 133 | #1,625 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 124 | #1,690 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,784 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,616 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,319 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,667 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,618 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,378 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,052 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 54 | #2,607 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 59 | #2,368 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,897 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,862 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,805 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,576 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 93 | #1,627 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 86 | #1,696 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 113 | #1,393 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 137 | #1,184 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 117 | #1,254 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,646 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,769 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 81 | #1,432 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,751 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 101 | #1,271 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,922 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,137 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,566 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,428 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,210 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,887 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,867 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,866 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,463 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,097 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,985 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,622 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,637 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,070 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,354 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,743 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,402 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,046 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,272 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,549 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,453 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,551 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,409 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 53 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 50 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 62 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 57 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 51 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 55 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 53 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 58 | #904 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 51 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 79 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 51 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 38 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 37 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 22 | #915 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 17 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,503 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,387 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 11 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,441 | 0.02 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,214 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 5 | #831 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 6 | #740 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alba a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,579 Americans recorded as Alba, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 177 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Alba: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alba, and how old are they?
5,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 7,579 Americans ever recorded as Alba. The median Alba alive today is 22 years old; half are between 9 and 40.
The 2020 Census counted 21,789 people named Alba (21,653 women and girls, 136 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,942 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.4 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 111 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 430 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 526 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,370 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,270 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,150 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Alba born?
The states with the most babies named Alba are California, Texas and Florida, with 65% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 33 | #880 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 20 | #1,269 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 18 | #866 | 0.7× |
| New York | 10 | #1,314 | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,118 | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,044 | 0.6× |
| Arizona | 6 | #912 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #878 | 0.7× |
| Colorado | 5 | #913 | 0.2× |
Where Alba is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alba is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Alba with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alba
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Alba and names like it
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- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alba since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Alba: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Alba.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Alba alive today were born 2013-2025.
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