Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Alta

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

Endangered Down 97.6% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

820

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

97.6%

2024

All-time

28,898

Alta once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 820 girls were named Alta.

In 2024, only 20 girls were given the name.

Down 97.6% from its peak.

All told, about 28,898 Americans have been named Alta and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.6% from peak

1918820 girls named Alta

202420 girls named Alta

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