Alba

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alba: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alba: Recorded since 1990, its highest recorded position is #66, and it stood at #105 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
90times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2411
1998	#1480
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#2466
2002	#1928
2003	#1996
2004	#1836
2005	#1500
2006	#1748
2007	#1102
2008	#1135
2009	#1083
2010	#773
2011	#665
2012	#483
2013	#378
2014	#312
2015	#273
2016	#246
2017	#198
2018	#196
2019	#175
2020	#173
2021	#145
2022	#143
2023	#129
2024	#119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 29 of the 36 years from 1990 to 2025.

In 2025: #105 among girls in Norway, #213 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1990–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #546 among girls in Norway in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #105 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Alba appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1990, and has registered 557 births with the name.

Alba across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alba's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#546 (1990)	#105 (2025)	#105 (2025)	29 of 36	557 (1990–2025)	53 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#119 (2024)	#119 (2024)	29 of 29	3,630 (1996–2024)	413 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#213 (2025)	#213 (2025)	19 of 21	155 (2005–2025)	20 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#247 (2014)	#227 (2024)	#227 (2024)	9 of 11	43 (2014–2024)	7 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#2320 (2022)	#2320 (2022)	#2921 (2024)	3 of 3	24 (2022–2024)	9 (2022)

Alba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alba in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000s	151	10 of 10	15
2010s	1,662	10 of 10	166
2020sbusiest	1,790	5 of 10	358

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 358 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alba appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Scotland in 2024.

Alba's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#119	413	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#129	387	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#143	347	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#145	352	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#173	291	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#175	284	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#196	269	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#198	263	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#246	205	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#273	178	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#312	148	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#378	118	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#483	91	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#665	59	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#773	47	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1083	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1135	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#302	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#105	53	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#111	47	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#119	46	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#113	46	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#120	42	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#151	32	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#205	24	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#208	24	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#176	30	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#240	22	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#214	25	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#277	18	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#329	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#285	17	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#301	16	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#425	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#436	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#442	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#360	11	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#416	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#578	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#537	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#567	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#451	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#486	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#527	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#595	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#546	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	20	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#375	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#301	15	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#371	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#66	63	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1990 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 413 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Alaysia · #3285, 10y
Alban · #974, 28y
Albany · #1970, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Britney · #66, 29y
Caitlyn · #66, 29y
Kaitlyn · #66, 30y
Nico · #66, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Britney · #66, 29y
Caitlyn · #66, 29y
Darcie · #66, 30y
Kaitlyn · #66, 30y

Alba was ranked #66 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alba and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alba without appearing here.

Alba moved ahead of

Dylan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2683 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1480 and #3848.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #4137.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1748 and #3548.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3225 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2167 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Alba

Florence Compare
In 2015 they stood at #247 and #314 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #440 and #166.
Nora Compare
In 2015 they stood at #247 and #365 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #440 and #175.
Hedvig Compare
In 1996 they stood at #546 and #601 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #595 and #345.
Sophia Compare
In 1996 they stood at #546 and #582 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #595 and #362.

Moved the opposite way to Alba

Camilla Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 while Camilla went from #3 to #279.
Hanne Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 while Hanne went from #13 to #318.
Heidi Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 while Heidi went from #48 to #437.
Hilde Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 while Hilde went from #60 to #506.

Moved the same way as Alba

Abigail Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 and Abigail from #636 to #273.
Amanda Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 and Amanda from #124 to #52.
Annie Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 and Annie from #466 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alba went from #546 to #105 and Åse from #209 to #93.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alba

Alba at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alba across 5 official records

Alba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alba appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Alba at a glance

Alba across 5 official records

Alba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alba appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Alba

Alba and the names beside it

Alba moved ahead of

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