Alida
Alida was given to 26 girls in 2025, #4,990 among girls’ names; 4,650 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,660 Americans named Alida and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 24 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alida by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alida mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alida is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alida?
#4,990 among girls’ names, 2025
Alida fell from #4,986 in 2015 to #4,990 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 15.1 to 16.2 per million.
64 babies in 1917, the peak
Alida peaked in 1917, when 64 girls were given it, #859 among girls’ names. The 26 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,990 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,565 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,756 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,176 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,615 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,885 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,166 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,357 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,701 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,931 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #4,986 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,548 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,894 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,971 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,472 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,423 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,578 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,578 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,478 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,134 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,259 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,065 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,309 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,811 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,212 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,588 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,447 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,628 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,830 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,972 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,533 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,677 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,263 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,932 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,621 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,304 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,971 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,725 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,901 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,489 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,478 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,518 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,092 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,030 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,020 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,223 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,967 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,121 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,646 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,059 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,040 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,888 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,980 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,075 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,806 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,696 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,511 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 60 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 52 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,495 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 63 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 62 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,545 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,472 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,503 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,798 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,370 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,648 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,354 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,213 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 53 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 64 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 54 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 51 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 40 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 29 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 28 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 18 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 27 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 24 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 21 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 24 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 21 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 27 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 17 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 26 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 27 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 13 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 30 | #537 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 34 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 26 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 32 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 24 | #571 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 25 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 26 | #506 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 21 | #570 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 20 | #568 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 19 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 16 | #560 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 22 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 16 | #542 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 7 | #852 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 16 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 18 | #432 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 16 | #419 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 17 | #403 | 0.19 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alida a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alida has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Alida: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alida, and how old are they?
2,660 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 4,650 Americans ever recorded as Alida. The median Alida alive today is 45 years old; half are between 24 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 4,826 people named Alida (4,819 women and girls, 7 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,699 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 | 141 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 657 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 519 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 486 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 483 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 365 |
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 Alida born?
The states with the most babies named Alida are New York, California and Louisiana, with 87% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 481 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| California | 283 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 66 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 25 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 25 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 18 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 11 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Massachusetts | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Alida is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alida is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.5 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 Alida 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, Alida is the second most given (30% of them). In 2025 it was given to 26 of their 147 babies (18%), the third most given that year.
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 Alida
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 Alida and names like it
- Compare Alida and AldaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAlida peaked in 1917.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alida since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Alida.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alida alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.