Girls' name · since 1880
Alberta
70,365 babies named Alberta in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70,365
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
70,365 babies have been named Alberta since 1880, making it today's #9458 girls' name.
Alberta has 70,365 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9458 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #477 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,458 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 70,365 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alberta ranks #477 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,458 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 70,365 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70,365
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Alberta's 70,365 recorded births place it above 99.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Alberta compares
70,365 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alberta's all-time total is 187x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alberta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70,365 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,017 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alberta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alberta's full recorded timeline at 1953, 11% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 89% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 2,017 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alberta popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1919)
- 2,017
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Alberta popularity over time - boys
399 total births recorded since 1900 (Alberta as boys' name)
Alberta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (17,861 births, 25% of the file).
1920s was Alberta's strongest decade.
17,861 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Alberta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 992
1880s
992 births
- 1890s 2,327
1890s
2,327 births
- 1900s 5,475
1900s
5,475 births
- 1910s
1910s
14,575 births
- 1920s
1920s
17,861 births
- 1930s
1930s
11,348 births
- 1940s
1940s
8,313 births
- 1950s 4,897
1950s
4,897 births
- 1960s 2,415
1960s
2,415 births
- 1970s 938
1970s
938 births
- 1980s 568
1980s
568 births
- 1990s 338
1990s
338 births
- 2000s 166
2000s
166 births
- 2010s 95
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 57
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 17,861 births (25% of all-time use).
How Alberta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alberta's total volume
Alberta by state
Where Alberta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5,509 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 3,312 | 4.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,297 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,979 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 2,907 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 2,480 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 2,465 | 3.5% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 2,435 | 3.5% |
5,509 of 70,365 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Alberta appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alberta's data
- Alberta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (17,861 total births); usage has since declined to 57 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Albertas (5,509 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Alberta
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alberta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alberta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.