Alberta
Alberta was given to 10 girls in 2025, #9,478 among girls’ names; 70,764 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,300 Americans named Alberta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 65 and 84.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alberta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alberta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alberta is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Albert.”
From Albert + -a.
/ˌælˈbɜː(ɹ).tə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alberta?
#9,478 among girls’ names, 2025
Alberta rose from #10,913 in 2015 to #9,478 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 5.0 to 6.2 per million.
2,026 babies in 1919, the peak
Alberta peaked in 1919, when 2,026 babies were given it (2,017 girls, #120 among girls’ names). The 10 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,478 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,307 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,530 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,698 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,489 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,574 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,514 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,524 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,771 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,941 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | #10,913 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,971 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,279 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,132 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,410 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,533 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,326 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,837 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,111 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,881 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,514 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,913 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,302 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,628 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,689 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,525 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,836 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,365 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,627 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,057 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,489 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,793 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,765 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,545 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,733 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,709 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,330 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,784 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,657 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,629 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,531 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,790 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 67 | #1,692 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,712 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,422 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,832 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 88 | #1,263 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 78 | #1,365 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 89 | #1,227 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 112 | #1,038 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 113 | #1,030 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 118 | #1,036 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 140 | #920 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 157 | #819 | 0.09 |
| 1968 | 180 | #735 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 199 | #690 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 189 | #713 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 222 | #661 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 229 | #674 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 265 | #621 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 283 | #590 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 317 | #558 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 374 | #500 | 0.18 |
| 1959 | 369 | #508 | 0.18 |
| 1958 | 350 | #517 | 0.17 |
| 1957 | 435 | #453 | 0.21 |
| 1956 | 445 | #434 | 0.22 |
| 1955 | 475 | #400 | 0.24 |
| 1954 | 508 | #381 | 0.26 |
| 1953 | 551 | #360 | 0.29 |
| 1952 | 537 | #355 | 0.29 |
| 1951 | 621 | #317 | 0.34 |
| 1950 | 606 | #315 | 0.35 |
| 1949 | 688 | #295 | 0.40 |
| 1948 | 719 | #285 | 0.42 |
| 1947 | 772 | #278 | 0.44 |
| 1946 | 810 | #247 | 0.52 |
| 1945 | 762 | #243 | 0.58 |
| 1944 | 827 | #227 | 0.62 |
| 1943 | 957 | #211 | 0.69 |
| 1942 | 987 | #207 | 0.73 |
| 1941 | 864 | #206 | 0.72 |
| 1940 | 927 | #195 | 0.81 |
| 1939 | 926 | #191 | 0.84 |
| 1938 | 960 | #193 | 0.87 |
| 1937 | 998 | #190 | 0.94 |
| 1936 | 1,031 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1935 | 1,052 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1934 | 1,122 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1933 | 1,156 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 1,285 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1931 | 1,354 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1930 | 1,464 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1929 | 1,569 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1928 | 1,555 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1927 | 1,707 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1926 | 1,701 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1925 | 1,843 | #140 | 1.5 |
| 1924 | 1,817 | #145 | 1.5 |
| 1923 | 1,921 | #135 | 1.6 |
| 1922 | 1,852 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1921 | 1,929 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1920 | 1,967 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1919 | 2,017 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1918 | 1,988 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1917 | 1,818 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1916 | 1,765 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1915 | 1,675 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1914 | 1,350 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1913 | 1,196 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1912 | 1,133 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1911 | 801 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1910 | 832 | #104 | 2.1 |
| 1909 | 738 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1908 | 641 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1907 | 627 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1906 | 548 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1905 | 577 | #110 | 2.0 |
| 1904 | 517 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1903 | 483 | #118 | 1.8 |
| 1902 | 417 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 1901 | 386 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1900 | 541 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1899 | 304 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1898 | 302 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 1897 | 294 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1896 | 258 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1895 | 242 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1894 | 227 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1893 | 179 | #194 | 0.84 |
| 1892 | 189 | #185 | 0.89 |
| 1891 | 167 | #183 | 0.90 |
| 1890 | 165 | #182 | 0.87 |
| 1889 | 130 | #203 | 0.73 |
| 1888 | 147 | #184 | 0.82 |
| 1887 | 116 | #184 | 0.79 |
| 1886 | 98 | #198 | 0.68 |
| 1885 | 97 | #191 | 0.73 |
| 1884 | 102 | #175 | 0.79 |
| 1883 | 72 | #204 | 0.64 |
| 1882 | 90 | #169 | 0.83 |
| 1881 | 64 | #190 | 0.70 |
| 1880 | 76 | #171 | 0.84 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alberta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alberta has been given almost only to girls: 399 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Alberta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alberta, and how old are they?
15,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 70,764 Americans ever recorded as Alberta. The median Alberta alive today is 76 years old; half are between 65 and 84.
The 2020 Census counted 20,221 people named Alberta (20,071 women and girls, 150 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 20,729 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,010 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,790 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 771 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 265 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 113 |
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 Alberta born?
The states with the most babies named Alberta are Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5,509 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 3,312 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 3,297 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 2,979 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Mississippi | 2,907 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Alabama | 2,480 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 2,465 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| South Carolina | 2,435 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Texas | 2,088 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 2,052 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Alberta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alberta is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.2 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 Alberta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 71,158 babies since 1880, Alberta is the most given (99% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alberta
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 Alberta and names like it
- Compare Alberta and AlbertiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAlberta peaked in 1919.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alberta since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Alberta: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Alberta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alberta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.