Girls' name · since 1984
Altaira
13 babies named Altaira in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Altaira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1984.
Altaira has 13 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2016.
- #50,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Altaira ranks #50,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #50,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Altaira's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Altaira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Altaira's full recorded timeline at 2016, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Altaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2016
- Peak year (1984)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Altaira by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Altaira's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Altaira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Altaira's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Altaira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1984–2016 (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 Altaira 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.