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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Alma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alma” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Alma” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Alma” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Alma” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Alma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alma” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 291 0.001444283 277 14 90%
1881 307 0.001593249 293 14 91%
1882 378 0.001706292 368 10 95%
1883 369 0.001700884 359 10 95%
1884 480 0.001971568 480 100%
1885 525 0.002179744 515 10 96%
1886 608 0.002381363 603 5 98%
1887 633 0.002558692 623 10 97%
1888 864 0.002885059 853 11 97%
1889 832 0.002879431 819 13 97%
1890 933 0.003095544 922 11 98%
1891 942 0.003285974 929 13 97%
1892 1068 0.003194028 1056 12 98%
1893 1065 0.003274676 1055 10 98%
1894 1182 0.003489917 1177 5 99%
1895 1160 0.003304655 1144 16 97%
1896 1261 0.003527431 1243 18 97%
1897 1220 0.003516286 1213 7 99%
1898 1309 0.003431597 1299 10 98%
1899 1155 0.00340473 1146 9 98%
1900 1385 0.003076014 1372 13 98%
1901 1208 0.003493228 1195 13 98%
1902 1237 0.003198589 1229 8 99%
1903 1252 0.003284365 1244 8 99%
1904 1264 0.003132706 1257 7 99%
1905 1343 0.003168036 1333 10 99%
1906 1278 0.002982838 1266 12 98%
1907 1357 0.002915834 1347 10 99%
1908 1488 0.003045131 1474 14 98%
1909 1392 0.002722877 1375 17 98%
1910 1639 0.002774623 1630 9 99%
1911 1625 0.002522203 1611 14 98%
1912 2207 0.002233665 2183 24 98%
1913 2334 0.002052572 2297 37 97%
1914 2682 0.001893608 2648 34 97%
1915 3288 0.001794343 3248 40 98%
1916 3450 0.001783483 3403 47 97%
1917 3447 0.001717703 3407 40 98%
1918 3702 0.001705118 3650 52 97%
1919 3485 0.001651467 3438 47 97%
1920 3623 0.001601225 3584 39 98%
1921 3630 0.001554933 3589 41 98%
1922 3266 0.001426727 3233 33 98%
1923 3093 0.001343334 3070 23 99%
1924 3270 0.001373021 3240 30 98%
1925 3028 0.001297732 2996 32 98%
1926 3021 0.001315821 2990 31 98%
1927 2883 0.001243016 2847 36 98%
1928 2523 0.001115908 2496 27 98%
1929 2422 0.001104846 2389 33 97%
1930 2409 0.00108353 2380 29 98%
1931 2152 0.001022625 2115 37 97%
1932 2082 0.000986126 2045 37 96%
1933 1864 0.000932258 1839 25 97%
1934 1925 0.0009269 1903 22 98%
1935 1708 0.000817264 1678 30 96%
1936 1633 0.000786011 1610 23 97%
1937 1646 0.000772527 1626 20 98%
1938 1592 0.000719524 1558 34 96%
1939 1520 0.00068983 1497 23 97%
1940 1437 0.000624054 1428 9 99%
1941 1388 0.000569687 1363 25 96%
1942 1427 0.000522363 1407 20 97%
1943 1347 0.000477227 1336 11 98%
1944 1237 0.000459838 1217 20 97%
1945 1090 0.00041087 1081 9 98%
1946 1187 0.000371482 1170 17 97%
1947 1197 0.000332286 1184 13 98%
1948 1177 0.000340911 1160 17 97%
1949 1063 0.000305041 1054 9 98%
1950 1059 0.000302281 1052 7 99%
1951 999 0.000271192 981 18 96%
1952 1042 0.000274355 1029 13 98%
1953 1103 0.000286223 1088 15 97%
1954 1027 0.000257994 1013 14 97%
1955 977 0.000243333 963 14 97%
1956 955 0.000231625 948 7 99%
1957 995 0.000236784 983 12 98%
1958 771 0.000186507 766 5 99%
1959 829 0.000199375 814 15 96%
1960 796 0.000191631 788 8 98%
1961 799 0.000192888 787 12 97%
1962 727 0.000180157 714 13 96%
1963 679 0.000171543 670 9 97%
1964 626 0.000161025 616 10 97%
1965 566 0.000156119 551 15 95%
1966 606 0.000174356 598 8 97%
1967 615 0.000181154 604 11 96%
1968 549 0.000162502 543 6 98%
1969 517 0.000148763 510 7 97%
1970 546 0.000151393 534 12 96%
1971 584 0.000170146 584 100%
1972 576 0.000183265 568 8 97%
1973 565 0.000187279 555 10 96%
1974 614 0.000201974 595 19 94%
1975 541 0.000179175 520 21 92%
1976 593 0.000195432 580 13 96%
1977 584 0.00018385 564 20 93%
1978 524 0.000165098 513 11 96%
1979 601 0.000180643 579 22 93%
1980 678 0.000196835 658 20 94%
1981 702 0.000202927 687 15 96%
1982 620 0.000176741 602 18 94%
1983 540 0.000155919 523 17 94%
1984 546 0.000156503 530 16 94%
1985 563 0.000157742 549 14 95%
1986 530 0.000148999 521 9 97%
1987 505 0.000140059 492 13 95%
1988 527 0.000142624 511 16 94%
1989 639 0.000166214 615 24 92%
1990 700 0.000177104 685 15 96%
1991 686 0.000176111 668 18 95%
1992 713 0.000185616 702 11 97%
1993 656 0.000173992 645 11 97%
1994 605 0.000162737 586 19 94%
1995 593 0.000161927 583 10 97%
1996 578 0.000158478 567 11 96%
1997 543 0.000149762 536 7 97%
1998 542 0.000147354 527 15 94%
1999 543 0.000147 532 11 96%
2000 556 0.000147094 548 8 97%
2001 537 0.000143453 526 11 96%
2002 521 0.000139368 514 7 97%
2003 429 0.000112826 421 8 96%
2004 462 0.000120913 453 9 96%
2005 481 0.000125103 481 100%
2006 485 0.000122593 475 10 96%
2007 419 0.000104811 414 5 98%
2008 375 0.000095404 369 6 97%
2009 354 0.000092666 349 5 97%
2010 317 0.000085774 317 100%
2011 304 0.00008311 298 6 96%
2012 319 0.000087221 313 6 96%
2013 410 0.000112462 402 8 96%
2014 420 0.000113318 420 100%
2015 426 0.000115107 417 9 96%
2016 400 0.000109031 392 8 96%
2017 466 0.000130306 455 11 95%
2018 463 0.000131688 458 5 98%
2019 491 0.000141461 491 100%
2020 526 0.000157458 521 5 98%
2021 617 0.000182116 611 6 98%
2022 657 0.000194199 657 100%
2023 671 0.000202646 666 5 99%
2024 663 0.000199189 653 10 97%

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