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Alma
Rank in 2024
#472
Born in 2024
653
Peak year
1918 · #73
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:10 in 2024 (#8,256)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 653 girls were named Alma, about 1 in every 2,470.
- It peaked in 1918 with 3,650 babies, ranked #73.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 163,016 girls have been named Alma since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alma per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.2Greatest1901–27
- 1.5Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 64,784 babies, 3.17 per 1,000. Silent: 30,968 babies, 1.50 per 1,000. Boomers: 17,780 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,056 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,466 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,073 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,143 babies, 0.30 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia. ==== Proper noun ==== Alma A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century. (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon. Places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
- A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alma, CC BY-SA 4.0.