Girls' name · since 1880
Alida
Alida has 4,650 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,989 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,650
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alida is the #4989 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,650 recorded since 1880.
Alida has 4,650 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4989 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- 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.
- #2,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,989 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,650 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alida ranks #2,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,989 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,650 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #2,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,989 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,650
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Alida's 4,650 recorded births place it above 96.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Alida compares
4,650 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Alida's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,650 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alida's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1884, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 64, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Alida by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (460 births, 10% of the file).
1950s was Alida's strongest decade.
460 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 10% of all-time use.
Alida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 167
1880s
167 births
- 1890s
1890s
258 births
- 1900s
1900s
223 births
- 1910s
1910s
407 births
- 1920s
1920s
370 births
- 1930s
1930s
297 births
- 1940s
1940s
371 births
- 1950s
1950s
460 births
- 1960s
1960s
324 births
- 1970s
1970s
382 births
- 1980s
1980s
333 births
- 1990s
1990s
294 births
- 2000s
2000s
312 births
- 2010s
2010s
295 births
- 2020s 157
2020s
157 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 460 births (10% of all-time use).
How Alida 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 Alida's total volume
Alida by state
Where Alida concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 481 | 10.3% |
| #2 | California | | 283 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 66 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 25 | 0.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 25 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 18 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Texas | | 11 | 0.2% |
481 of 4,650 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Alida appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alida's data
- Alida's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (460 total births) through the 2020s (157) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Alidas (481 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
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 Alida 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.