Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Alma

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alma
Creator: Social Security Administration

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

3,650

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

82.1%

2024

653

All-time

163,016

Alma is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 3,650 girls were named Alma.

In 2024, only 653 girls were given the name.

All told, about 163,016 Americans have been named Alma and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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