Alta
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Alta is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “high”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Alta mean?
Latin
“high”
A female given name from Latin possibly from Latin alta (“high”), fairly common in the United States in the nineteenth century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alta a girl's or a boy's name?
Alta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Alta, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 820 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alta in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1935, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,719 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,594 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,881 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,516 |
| 1964 | 65 | #1,393 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,814 |
| 1962 | 70 | #1,323 |
| 1961 | 76 | #1,267 |
| 1960 | 88 | #1,162 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,164 |
| 1958 | 101 | #1,040 |
| 1957 | 100 | #1,043 |
| 1956 | 116 | #934 |
| 1955 | 117 | #905 |
| 1954 | 114 | #896 |
| 1953 | 144 | #759 |
| 1952 | 166 | #690 |
| 1951 | 164 | #681 |
| 1950 | 175 | #646 |
| 1949 | 187 | #602 |
| 1948 | 181 | #614 |
| 1947 | 198 | #605 |
| 1946 | 202 | #558 |
| 1945 | 215 | #496 |
| 1944 | 224 | #476 |
| 1943 | 239 | #476 |
| 1942 | 271 | #445 |
| 1941 | 247 | #436 |
| 1940 | 291 | #398 |
| 1939 | 288 | #392 |
| 1938 | 301 | #384 |
| 1937 | 325 | #356 |
| 1936 | 329 | #345 |
| 1935 | 376 | #325 |
| 1934 | 355 | #335 |
| 1933 | 424 | #294 |
| 1932 | 416 | #312 |
| 1931 | 429 | #307 |
| 1930 | 427 | #318 |
| 1929 | 477 | #305 |
| 1928 | 515 | #290 |
| 1927 | 564 | #281 |
| 1926 | 605 | #273 |
| 1925 | 598 | #271 |
| 1924 | 663 | #255 |
| 1923 | 629 | #255 |
| 1922 | 691 | #247 |
| 1921 | 741 | #243 |
| 1920 | 715 | #244 |
| 1919 | 738 | #231 |
| 1918 | 820 | #221 |
| 1917 | 783 | #217 |
| 1916 | 765 | #220 |
| 1915 | 721 | #222 |
| 1914 | 552 | #227 |
| 1913 | 486 | #213 |
| 1912 | 459 | #207 |
| 1911 | 357 | #201 |
| 1910 | 347 | #191 |
| 1909 | 327 | #180 |
| 1908 | 313 | #182 |
| 1907 | 319 | #176 |
| 1906 | 316 | #171 |
| 1905 | 316 | #167 |
| 1904 | 327 | #164 |
| 1903 | 282 | #172 |
| 1902 | 279 | #170 |
| 1901 | 275 | #165 |
| 1900 | 337 | #164 |
| 1899 | 278 | #161 |
| 1898 | 317 | #161 |
| 1897 | 295 | #155 |
| 1896 | 302 | #155 |
| 1895 | 277 | #156 |
| 1894 | 298 | #144 |
| 1893 | 274 | #147 |
| 1892 | 282 | #145 |
| 1891 | 239 | #146 |
| 1890 | 234 | #151 |
| 1889 | 226 | #147 |
| 1888 | 218 | #147 |
| 1887 | 187 | #139 |
| 1886 | 159 | #151 |
| 1885 | 155 | #144 |
| 1884 | 140 | #151 |
| 1883 | 114 | #156 |
| 1882 | 119 | #148 |
| 1881 | 114 | #137 |
| 1880 | 91 | #151 |
Names like Alta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alma, Flora, Ada, Stella, Rosa, Clara, Anna, Estella, Vera, Florence, Mabel, Loretta
Names related to Alta
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alta, updated 20 October 2026.