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How popular is “Alta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alta” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alta” 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 “Alta” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alta” 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 91 0.000451649 91 100%
1881 114 0.00059163 114 100%
1882 119 0.000537166 119 100%
1883 114 0.000525476 114 100%
1884 140 0.000575041 140 100%
1885 155 0.000643543 155 100%
1886 159 0.000622758 159 100%
1887 187 0.000755885 187 100%
1888 218 0.000727943 218 100%
1889 231 0.000799457 226 5 96%
1890 234 0.000776374 234 100%
1891 244 0.000851144 239 5 96%
1892 282 0.000843367 282 100%
1893 274 0.000842499 274 100%
1894 303 0.000894623 298 5 97%
1895 286 0.000814768 277 9 94%
1896 302 0.000844793 302 100%
1897 295 0.000850249 295 100%
1898 317 0.000831029 317 100%
1899 278 0.000819493 278 100%
1900 337 0.00074846 337 100%
1901 280 0.000809689 275 5 96%
1902 279 0.000721428 279 100%
1903 282 0.000739769 282 100%
1904 327 0.000810439 327 100%
1905 316 0.00074542 316 100%
1906 316 0.000737541 316 100%
1907 319 0.000685447 319 100%
1908 313 0.000640542 313 100%
1909 327 0.000639641 327 100%
1910 347 0.000587428 347 100%
1911 357 0.000554109 357 100%
1912 459 0.000464546 459 100%
1913 491 0.000431796 486 5 98%
1914 558 0.000393972 552 6 98%
1915 721 0.000393467 721 100%
1916 770 0.000398053 765 5 99%
1917 792 0.000394668 783 9 98%
1918 820 0.000377687 820 100%
1919 738 0.000349722 738 100%
1920 715 0.000316002 715 100%
1921 748 0.000320411 741 7 98%
1922 691 0.000301858 691 100%
1923 636 0.000276224 629 7 98%
1924 663 0.000278383 663 100%
1925 598 0.000256289 598 100%
1926 610 0.00026569 605 5 98%
1927 564 0.000243171 564 100%
1928 521 0.000230435 515 6 98%
1929 482 0.000219874 477 5 98%
1930 434 0.000195206 427 7 97%
1931 434 0.000206236 429 5 98%
1932 421 0.000199404 416 5 98%
1933 430 0.000215059 424 6 97%
1934 355 0.000170935 355 100%
1935 376 0.000179913 376 100%
1936 334 0.000160764 329 5 97%
1937 330 0.000154881 325 5 97%
1938 301 0.000136041 301 100%
1939 288 0.000130705 288 100%
1940 291 0.000126374 291 100%
1941 247 0.000101378 247 100%
1942 271 0.000099201 271 100%
1943 239 0.000084675 239 100%
1944 224 0.000083269 224 100%
1945 215 0.000081043 215 100%
1946 202 0.000063218 202 100%
1947 198 0.000054965 198 100%
1948 181 0.000052426 181 100%
1949 187 0.000053662 187 100%
1950 175 0.000049952 175 100%
1951 164 0.00004452 164 100%
1952 166 0.000043707 166 100%
1953 144 0.000037367 144 100%
1954 114 0.000028638 114 100%
1955 117 0.00002914 117 100%
1956 116 0.000028135 116 100%
1957 100 0.000023797 100 100%
1958 101 0.000024432 101 100%
1959 83 0.000019962 83 100%
1960 88 0.000021185 88 100%
1961 76 0.000018347 76 100%
1962 70 0.000017347 70 100%
1963 41 0.000010358 41 100%
1964 65 0.00001672 65 100%
1965 54 0.000014895 54 100%
1966 52 0.000014961 52 100%
1967 39 0.000011488 39 100%
1968 52 0.000015392 52 100%
1969 52 0.000014963 52 100%
1970 53 0.000014696 53 100%
1971 43 0.000012528 43 100%
1972 40 0.000012727 40 100%
1973 43 0.000014253 43 100%
1974 37 0.000012171 37 100%
1975 44 0.000014572 44 100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 100%
1977 44 0.000013852 44 100%
1978 43 0.000013548 43 100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 100%
1984 34 0.000009746 34 100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 100%
1988 20 0.000005413 20 100%
1989 33 0.000008584 33 100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 100%
2000 24 0.000006349 24 100%
2001 20 0.000005343 20 100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 100%
2005 21 0.000005462 21 100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 100%
2007 19 0.000004753 19 100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2013 30 0.000008229 30 100%
2014 19 0.000005126 19 100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 100%
2016 34 0.000009268 34 100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 100%
2018 30 0.000008533 30 100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 100%
2021 35 0.000010331 35 100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 100%
2023 30 0.00000906 30 100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 100%

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