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Alba Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Alba?

In 2018 the uncommon name Alba, ranked the 1,608th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Alba is currently less popular.

Position 740, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1880.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2015 with 157 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Alba was less than 5, most recently in 1903.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alba occurred roughly during the years 1903-1906, 1907-1915, 1946-1951, 1960-1963, 1973-1977, 2003-2006, and 2007-2012, whereas 1926-1929, and 1995-1998 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Alba has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Alba has steadily increased for a while. however, the number of children named Alba lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alba?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very high point.

The name Alba is still rare and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Alba (Girl)Alba (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 132 1,608 < 5 --
2017 147 1,500 < 5 --
2016 124 1,708 < 5 --
2015 157 1,460 < 5 --
2014 149 1,488 < 5 --
2013 146 1,505 < 5 --
2012 133 1,623 < 5 --
2011 124 1,689 < 5 --
2010 115 1,784 < 5 --
2009 70 2,615 < 5 --
2008 84 2,317 < 5 --
2007 77 2,433 < 5 --
2006 85 2,248 < 5 --
2005 63 2,670 < 5 --
2004 63 2,621 < 5 --
2003 54 2,840 < 5 --
2002 67 2,380 < 5 --
2001 75 2,170 < 5 --
2000 80 2,056 < 5 --
1999 54 2,609 < 5 --
1998 59 2,370 < 5 --
1997 77 1,900 < 5 --
1996 78 1,863 < 5 --
1995 75 1,863 < 5 --
1994 78 1,826 < 5 --
1993 97 1,578 < 5 --
1992 93 1,630 < 5 --
1991 86 1,702 < 5 --
1990 112 1,409 < 5 --
1989 138 1,183 < 5 --
1988 116 1,259 < 5 --
1987 74 1,646 < 5 --
1986 65 1,769 < 5 --
1985 63 1,786 < 5 --
1984 81 1,432 < 5 --
1983 61 1,751 < 5 --
1982 80 1,489 < 5 --
1981 101 1,271 5 6,285
1980 59 1,833 < 5 --
1979 36 2,524 < 5 --
1978 35 2,473 < 5 --
1977 51 1,922 < 5 --
1976 36 2,288 < 5 --
1975 40 2,135 < 5 --
1974 40 2,066 < 5 --
1973 28 2,564 < 5 --
1972 34 2,221 < 5 --
1971 30 2,476 < 5 --
1970 25 2,779 < 5 --
1969 33 2,208 < 5 --
1968 40 1,887 < 5 --
1967 29 2,213 < 5 --
1966 23 2,518 < 5 --
1965 24 2,466 < 5 --
1964 40 1,869 < 5 --
1963 39 1,864 < 5 --
1962 24 2,461 < 5 --
1961 23 2,541 < 5 --
1960 29 2,151 < 5 --
1959 32 1,983 < 5 --
1958 34 1,871 < 5 --
1957 26 2,168 < 5 --
1956 29 2,004 < 5 --
1955 34 1,802 < 5 --
1954 39 1,625 < 5 --
1953 31 1,785 < 5 --
1952 30 1,819 5 3,746
1951 34 1,638 < 5 --
1950 30 1,722 < 5 --
1949 16 2,514 < 5 --
1948 22 2,072 < 5 --
1947 18 2,355 < 5 --
1946 9 3,430 < 5 --
1945 11 2,744 < 5 --
1944 14 2,403 < 5 --
1943 11 2,861 5 3,547
1942 18 2,049 < 5 --
1941 14 2,274 < 5 --
1940 25 1,549 < 5 --
1939 23 1,584 < 5 --
1938 24 1,546 < 5 --
1937 26 1,453 < 5 --
1936 16 1,952 < 5 --
1935 23 1,552 < 5 --
1934 27 1,409 6 3,282
1933 32 1,263 < 5 --
1932 34 1,238 < 5 --
1931 43 1,074 < 5 --
1930 53 1,014 6 3,600
1929 33 1,307 < 5 --
1928 47 1,097 < 5 --
1927 48 1,097 < 5 --
1926 48 1,079 6 3,712
1925 51 1,065 9 2,936
1924 50 1,107 < 5 --
1923 62 928 9 2,954
1922 57 989 5 4,318
1921 51 1,057 < 5 --
1920 45 1,120 8 3,213
1919 55 954 5 4,170
1918 53 989 7 3,375
1917 58 904 9 2,733
1916 51 959 < 5 --
1915 79 747 7 3,085
1914 51 817 < 5 --
1913 38 853 9 1,949
1912 37 820 < 5 --
1911 17 1,072 < 5 --
1910 22 915 < 5 --
1909 11 1,290 < 5 --
1908 14 1,085 < 5 --
1907 11 1,207 < 5 --
1906 17 896 < 5 --
1905 10 1,239 < 5 --
1904 13 1,002 < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 8 1,433 < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 6 1,504 < 5 --
1897 6 1,388 < 5 --
1896 10 1,047 < 5 --
1895 11 987 < 5 --
1894 10 998 < 5 --
1893 5 1,441 < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- 7 861
1891 6 1,214 < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 10 839 < 5 --
1888 7 1,038 < 5 --
1887 7 937 < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 5 831 < 5 --
1880 6 740 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.