Alba
Girl · AL-ba · Latin
Alba is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “white; dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 97th for girls in the UK (547 babies) and 1,261st for girls in the US (177 babies).
What does Alba mean?
Latin: via Italian and Spanish; also the Gaelic name for Scotland
“white; dawn”
Alba means 'dawn' in Italian and Spanish, and is also the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland.
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Is Alba a girl's or a boy's name?
Alba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 547 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 177 girls in the US.
How popular is Alba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #97among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 547about 1 in 510 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 547 girls in the UK were named Alba, making it the 97th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 166th. 5 boys were also named Alba in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Alba of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Alba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 95th in England and Wales, 62nd in Scotland and 177th in Northern Ireland.
Alba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 547 | #97 |
| 2024 | 483 | #114 |
| 2023 | 449 | #123 |
| 2022 | 400 | #145 |
| 2021 | 402 | #146 |
| 2020 | 344 | #166 |
| 2019 | 332 | #174 |
| 2018 | 314 | #186 |
| 2017 | 310 | #193 |
| 2016 | 250 | #228 |
| 2015 | 207 | #265 |
| 2014 | 181 | #290 |
| 2013 | 148 | #350 |
| 2012 | 112 | #446 |
| 2011 | 78 | #577 |
| 2010 | 50 | #789 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 34 | #1,002 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Alba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,261among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 177about 1 in 9,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were named Alba, making it the 1,261st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,214th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 205 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Alba than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Alba in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | #1,261 |
| 2024 | 205 | #1,169 |
| 2023 | 188 | #1,238 |
| 2022 | 198 | #1,220 |
| 2021 | 193 | #1,221 |
| 2020 | 188 | #1,214 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,392 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,616 |
| 2017 | 148 | #1,495 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,712 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,454 |
| 2014 | 149 | #1,493 |
| 2013 | 146 | #1,509 |
| 2012 | 133 | #1,624 |
| 2011 | 124 | #1,690 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,783 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,613 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,318 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,051 |
| 1999 | 54 | #2,607 |
| 1998 | 59 | #2,367 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,896 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,805 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,575 |
| 1992 | 93 | #1,627 |
| 1991 | 86 | #1,696 |
| 1990 | 113 | #1,393 |
| 1989 | 137 | #1,184 |
| 1988 | 117 | #1,254 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,646 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 |
| 1984 | 81 | #1,432 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,751 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 101 | #1,271 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,922 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,136 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,887 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,866 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,866 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,871 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,622 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,585 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,547 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,262 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,074 |
| 1930 | 53 | #1,014 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,305 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,097 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,097 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,079 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1924 | 50 | #1,107 |
| 1923 | 62 | #928 |
| 1922 | 57 | #989 |
| 1921 | 51 | #1,057 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,132 |
| 1919 | 55 | #954 |
| 1918 | 53 | #989 |
| 1917 | 58 | #904 |
| 1916 | 51 | #959 |
| 1915 | 79 | #747 |
| 1914 | 51 | #817 |
| 1913 | 38 | #852 |
| 1912 | 37 | #820 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 22 | #914 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 17 | #895 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,001 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 11 | #986 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
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