Girls' name · peaked in 1909
Alberta name popularity since 1925
37,751 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alberta (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1938 or earlier, so the typical Alberta is about 88 years old in 2026. Alberta peaked in 1909 as the #105 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 37,751
- Named Alberta, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1909
- #105 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #9,481 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 37,510 girls · 241 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 4.18× its national share
Peak year is the year Alberta made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alberta births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Alberta peaked earlier, in 1909.
- Steepest fall: Between 1953 and 1958, Alberta's share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 3,410 to 1 in 5,750.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Alberta's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alberta.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alberta in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 8,375 | 64 | – |
| 1930s | 11,348 | 97 | #177 |
| 1940s | 8,313 | 44 | #243 |
| 1950s | 4,897 | 11 | #401 |
| 1960s | 2,415 | 5 | #661 |
| 1970s | 938 | 0 | #1,365 |
| 1980s | 568 | 20 | #1,785 |
| 1990s | 338 | 0 | #3,494 |
| 2000s | 166 | 0 | #7,519 |
| 2010s | 95 | 0 | #10,918 |
| 2020–25 | 57 | 0 | #9,481 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.9% of babies named Alberta from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Alberta is most popular
The index compares Alberta's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alberta.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 4.18× | 1,766 |
| South Carolina | 2.98× | 1,456 |
| Alabama | 2.39× | 1,472 |
| West Virginia | 1.99× | 610 |
| Arkansas | 1.97× | 705 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alberta's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alberta.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alberta (1909).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data