Alda
Alda was last recorded in 2023, when 6 babies were given it; 4,976 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,090 Americans named Alda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 51 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alda mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Alda is “a female given name”
/ˈal.da/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,531, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
191 babies in 1918, the peak
Alda peaked in 1918, when 191 girls were given it, #491 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,531 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,465 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,984 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,407 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,029 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,745 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,456 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,844 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,189 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,795 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | #13,572 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,091 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,607 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,064 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,517 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,589 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,884 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,454 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,995 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,165 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,964 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,298 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,463 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,482 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,346 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,327 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,095 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,221 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,898 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,156 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,371 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,014 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,973 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,776 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,970 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,300 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,041 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,954 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,108 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,021 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,293 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,543 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,307 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,222 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,986 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,621 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,861 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,436 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,438 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,460 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,393 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,440 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 50 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 51 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 58 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 73 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 61 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 53 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 71 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 69 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 92 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 98 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 99 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 97 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 105 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 148 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 148 | #615 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 145 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 132 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 139 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 129 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 144 | #581 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 191 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 158 | #532 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 128 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 132 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 91 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 69 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 62 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 57 | #564 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 44 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 44 | #580 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 39 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 43 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 44 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 37 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 29 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 39 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 35 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 44 | #448 | 0.18 |
| 1900 | 35 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 39 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 36 | #520 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 36 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 23 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 33 | #514 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 31 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 30 | #502 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 20 | #639 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 22 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 20 | #579 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 19 | #590 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 15 | #663 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 23 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 23 | #452 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 15 | #557 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 17 | #501 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 8 | #694 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 6 | #814 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 11 | #504 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 6 | #741 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alda has been given almost only to girls: 10 boys in 126 years of records.
Girls and boys named Alda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alda, and how old are they?
1,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 4,976 Americans ever recorded as Alda. The median Alda alive today is 69 years old; half are between 51 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 2,554 people named Alda (2,500 women and girls, 54 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,393 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 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 | 252 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 404 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 209 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 151 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 46 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 14 |
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 Alda born?
The states with the most babies named Alda are Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New York, with 61% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 523 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 235 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New York | 184 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 106 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 90 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Massachusetts | 82 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 62 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 44 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 43 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New Jersey | 24 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Alda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alda is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.6 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 Alda 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 15,561 babies since 1880, Alda is the most given (32% of them). In 2025 none of their 147 babies recorded by SSA was a Alda (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Alda
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 Alda and names like it
- Compare Alda and AlidaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAlda peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alda since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Alda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Alda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.