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Alma name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Alma ranks #449 in female records (689 reported) and #9,766 in male records (7 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#449 · 689 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 30 female records (659 to 689); rank moved from #471 to #449.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 76 female records (613 to 689); rank moved from #507 to #449.
2025 male rank and count
#9,766 · 7 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 3 male records (10 to 7); rank moved from #7,795 to #9,766.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 1 male records (6 to 7); rank moved from #10,864 to #9,766.
Peak year in available data
2025: 689 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Alma becoming more popular?

Alma's reported female count increased by 30 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #471 to #449. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Alma in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for AlmaFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.6890201620252016: 392 female records2017: 455 female records2018: 458 female records2019: 491 female records2020: 524 female records2021: 613 female records2022: 658 female records2023: 666 female records2024: 659 female records2025: 689 female records2016: 8 male records2017: 11 male records2018: 5 male records2020: 5 male records2021: 6 male records2023: 5 male records2024: 10 male records2025: 7 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
202568944979,766
2024659471107,795
2023666461512,337
2022658483——
2021613507610,864
2020524560512,130
2019491615——
2018458649512,251
2017455651117,115
201639272488,866

Questions about Alma’s popularity

How common is Alma in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Alma ranks #449 in female records (689 reported) and #9,766 in male records (7 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Alma?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Alma only.

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