Altamese — girls' name

What the Data Says About Altamese

The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Altamese between 1920 and 1987, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Altamese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Altamese performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Altamese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Altamese in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Altamese 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 287 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.