Alda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Alda

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,966 babies named Alda between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 191 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Alda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 523 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alda in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,966 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.