Alma
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Alma is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “nourishing, kind”. In 2025 it ranked 223rd for girls in the UK (236 babies) and 449th for girls in the US (689 babies).
What does Alma mean?
Latin
“nourishing, kind”
From Latin alma, 'nourishing', as in alma mater; in Spanish alma also means 'soul'.
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- AL-ma
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Is Alma a girl's or a boy's name?
Alma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 236 girls in the UK and 689 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Alma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #223among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 236about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 236 girls in the UK were named Alma, making it the 223rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 317th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Alma of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Alma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 211th in England and Wales and 256th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#91).
Alma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 236 | #223 |
| 2024 | 216 | #244 |
| 2023 | 214 | #239 |
| 2022 | 170 | #297 |
| 2021 | 184 | #282 |
| 2020 | 162 | #317 |
| 2019 | 134 | #364 |
| 2018 | 131 | #379 |
| 2017 | 110 | #446 |
| 2016 | 86 | #540 |
| 2015 | 71 | #643 |
| 2014 | 66 | #665 |
| 2013 | 60 | #729 |
| 2012 | 58 | #747 |
| 2011 | 56 | #742 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Alma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #449among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 689about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 689 girls in the US were named Alma, making it the 449th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 560th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 3,650 girls. 7 boys were also named Alma in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Alma than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Alma in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 689 | #449 |
| 2024 | 659 | #471 |
| 2023 | 666 | #461 |
| 2022 | 658 | #483 |
| 2021 | 613 | #507 |
| 2020 | 524 | #560 |
| 2019 | 491 | #615 |
| 2018 | 458 | #648 |
| 2017 | 455 | #651 |
| 2016 | 392 | #724 |
| 2015 | 417 | #684 |
| 2014 | 421 | #675 |
| 2013 | 402 | #701 |
| 2012 | 313 | #852 |
| 2011 | 298 | #875 |
| 2010 | 318 | #844 |
| 2009 | 349 | #810 |
| 2008 | 369 | #789 |
| 2007 | 415 | #701 |
| 2006 | 475 | #614 |
| 2005 | 481 | #591 |
| 2004 | 453 | #608 |
| 2003 | 421 | #635 |
| 2002 | 515 | #532 |
| 2001 | 527 | #512 |
| 2000 | 548 | #491 |
| 1999 | 532 | #487 |
| 1998 | 527 | #484 |
| 1997 | 536 | #466 |
| 1996 | 566 | #447 |
| 1995 | 583 | #440 |
| 1994 | 586 | #429 |
| 1993 | 645 | #393 |
| 1992 | 702 | #365 |
| 1991 | 668 | #386 |
| 1990 | 685 | #386 |
| 1989 | 615 | #400 |
| 1988 | 511 | #444 |
| 1987 | 492 | #447 |
| 1986 | 521 | #420 |
| 1985 | 549 | #409 |
| 1984 | 530 | #399 |
| 1983 | 522 | #412 |
| 1982 | 603 | #381 |
| 1981 | 687 | #340 |
| 1980 | 658 | #358 |
| 1979 | 579 | #383 |
| 1978 | 513 | #402 |
| 1977 | 564 | #375 |
| 1976 | 580 | #362 |
| 1975 | 520 | #391 |
| 1974 | 595 | #362 |
| 1973 | 555 | #378 |
| 1972 | 568 | #379 |
| 1971 | 584 | #387 |
| 1970 | 534 | #420 |
| 1969 | 510 | #427 |
| 1968 | 543 | #397 |
| 1967 | 604 | #365 |
| 1966 | 599 | #370 |
| 1965 | 551 | #397 |
| 1964 | 616 | #388 |
| 1963 | 670 | #374 |
| 1962 | 713 | #357 |
| 1961 | 788 | #334 |
| 1960 | 788 | #334 |
| 1959 | 814 | #332 |
| 1958 | 766 | #339 |
| 1957 | 983 | #285 |
| 1956 | 948 | #284 |
| 1955 | 963 | #277 |
| 1954 | 1,013 | #260 |
| 1953 | 1,088 | #245 |
| 1952 | 1,029 | #246 |
| 1951 | 981 | #246 |
| 1950 | 1,052 | #232 |
| 1949 | 1,054 | #229 |
| 1948 | 1,160 | #214 |
| 1947 | 1,184 | #215 |
| 1946 | 1,170 | #208 |
| 1945 | 1,081 | #188 |
| 1944 | 1,217 | #176 |
| 1943 | 1,336 | #174 |
| 1942 | 1,407 | #165 |
| 1941 | 1,364 | #163 |
| 1940 | 1,428 | #152 |
| 1939 | 1,496 | #150 |
| 1938 | 1,558 | #147 |
| 1937 | 1,626 | #138 |
| 1936 | 1,610 | #137 |
| 1935 | 1,679 | #132 |
| 1934 | 1,903 | #123 |
| 1933 | 1,839 | #124 |
| 1932 | 2,045 | #119 |
| 1931 | 2,115 | #114 |
| 1930 | 2,380 | #109 |
| 1929 | 2,389 | #106 |
| 1928 | 2,496 | #107 |
| 1927 | 2,847 | #97 |
| 1926 | 2,990 | #91 |
| 1925 | 2,996 | #94 |
| 1924 | 3,240 | #87 |
| 1923 | 3,070 | #89 |
| 1922 | 3,233 | #84 |
| 1921 | 3,589 | #78 |
| 1920 | 3,584 | #80 |
| 1919 | 3,438 | #76 |
| 1918 | 3,650 | #73 |
| 1917 | 3,407 | #71 |
| 1916 | 3,403 | #70 |
| 1915 | 3,248 | #70 |
| 1914 | 2,648 | #69 |
| 1913 | 2,297 | #64 |
| 1912 | 2,183 | #62 |
| 1911 | 1,611 | #62 |
| 1910 | 1,630 | #61 |
| 1909 | 1,375 | #61 |
| 1908 | 1,474 | #53 |
| 1907 | 1,347 | #58 |
| 1906 | 1,266 | #57 |
| 1905 | 1,333 | #56 |
| 1904 | 1,257 | #55 |
| 1903 | 1,244 | #53 |
| 1902 | 1,229 | #55 |
| 1901 | 1,195 | #52 |
| 1900 | 1,372 | #57 |
| 1899 | 1,146 | #51 |
| 1898 | 1,299 | #52 |
| 1897 | 1,213 | #51 |
| 1896 | 1,243 | #51 |
| 1895 | 1,144 | #55 |
| 1894 | 1,177 | #52 |
| 1893 | 1,055 | #54 |
| 1892 | 1,056 | #56 |
| 1891 | 929 | #55 |
| 1890 | 922 | #57 |
| 1889 | 819 | #62 |
| 1888 | 853 | #58 |
| 1887 | 623 | #63 |
| 1886 | 603 | #62 |
| 1885 | 515 | #68 |
| 1884 | 480 | #70 |
| 1883 | 359 | #79 |
| 1882 | 368 | #74 |
| 1881 | 293 | #78 |
| 1880 | 277 | #82 |
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