Alma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alma: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #5, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
149times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#5highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for
18names it appears alongside

What stands out in Alma's record

Shares a published list with another name across 68 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2411
1998	#2165
1999	#3225
2000	#2416
2001	#1728
2002	#2105
2003	#2727
2004	#1535
2005	#1500
2006	#1087
2007	#1196
2008	#1247
2009	#1105
2010	#1040
2011	#702
2012	#749
2013	#684
2014	#629
2015	#609
2016	#529
2017	#413
2018	#362
2019	#345
2020	#304
2021	#267
2022	#279
2023	#228
2024	#234

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 68 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #8 among girls in Norway, #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #293 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #5 among girls in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #8 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Alma appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 68 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 4,364 births with the name.

Alma across 3 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.

Alma'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	#293 (1945)	#5 (2023)	#8 (2025)	68 of 81	4,364 (1945–2025)	297 (2025)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#204 (1978)	#226 (2025)	51 of 62	525 (1964–2025)	27 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#228 (2023)	#234 (2024)	29 of 29	1,858 (1996–2024)	205 (2023)

Alma by decade in Norway · 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 Alma in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	23	4 of 10	6
1950s	22	4 of 10	6
1960s	35	5 of 10	7
1970s	87	10 of 10	9
1980s	98	10 of 10	10
1990s	89	9 of 10	10
2000s	505	10 of 10	51
2010s	1,917	10 of 10	192
2020sbusiest	1,588	6 of 10	265

Across Norway · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 265 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Alma 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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #5 in Norway in 2023.

Alma'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	#234	205	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#228	205	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#279	164	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#267	177	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#304	153	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#345	129	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#362	127	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#413	106	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#529	80	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#609	68	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#629	64	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#684	58	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#749	53	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#702	55	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1040	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1105	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1087	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#8	297	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#8	268	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#5	288	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#9	249	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#9	261	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#15	225	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#11	252	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#17	215	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#12	243	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#22	208	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#28	192	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#36	163	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#30	185	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#38	159	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#38	163	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#46	137	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#48	134	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#70	96	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#102	66	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#119	56	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#142	42	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#166	34	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#154	39	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#291	14	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#281	14	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#364	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#337	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#287	14	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#387	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#304	13	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#299	14	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#507	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#491	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#423	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#470	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#653	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#514	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#304	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#319	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#396	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#620	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#411	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#395	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#257	18	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#499	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#324	13	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#450	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#313	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#417	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#366	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#438	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#455	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#345	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#471	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#402	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#341	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#362	8	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#410	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#484	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#441	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#362	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#357	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#311	7	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#377	4	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#316	7	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#390	4	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#293	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	20	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	20	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	18	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	19	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	27	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	17	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#308	9	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	15	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	7	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	16	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	13	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#315	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 72 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #5, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 297 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 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.

Ally · #180, 30y
Allyson · #401, 15y
Almas · #1914, 29y
Almir · #1796, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Camilla · #2, 70y
Mathias · #2, 69y
Sofie · #2, 69y
Cheryl · #11, 72y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Anette · #5, 69y
Arne · #5, 81y
Elizabeth · #5, 81y
Frida · #5, 69y

Comparisons involving Alma

Existing comparison pages where Alma and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Alma in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Heidi vs Alma
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alma rose about as far as Heidi fell — from #188 and #293 in 1945 to #437 and #8 in 2025.
Heidi · Alma · 68 shared years, 1945–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Alma vs Kristin
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alma rose about as far as Kristin fell — from #293 and #130 in 1945 to #8 and #251 in 2025.
Alma · Kristin · 68 shared years, 1945–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Alma vs Solveig
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alma rose about as far as Solveig fell — from #293 and #14 in 1945 to #8 and #28 in 2025.
Alma · Solveig · 68 shared years, 1945–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Alma and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Ingrid vs Alma
In 2023, Alma moved ahead of Ingrid in Norway · Girls — #8 and #9 the year before became #13 and #5.
Ingrid · Alma · 68 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2023 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Alma measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Alma at its highest position.

Alma vs Hanne
Over 67 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alma rose about as far as Hanne fell — from #293 and #123 in 1945 to #8 and #318 in 2025.
Alma · Hanne · 67 shared years, 1945–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Alma vs Christina
Over 65 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alma rose about as far as Christina fell — from #390 and #307 in 1946 to #8 and #497 in 2025.
Alma · Christina · 65 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Christine vs Alma
Over 65 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alma rose about as far as Christine fell — from #253 and #293 in 1945 to #498 and #8 in 2025.
Christine · Alma · 65 shared years, 1945–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Alma was ranked #5 in Norway · Girls in 2023. 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.

Alma 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 Alma without appearing here.

Alma moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1087 and #3548.
Evan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3225 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.
Therese Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Alma

Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2165 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #2189.
Sienna Compare
In 2005 they stood at #443 and #620 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #764 and #142.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1535 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1500 and #951.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #702 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #749 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Alma

Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 while Aud went from #13 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 while Bjørg went from #6 to #369.
Eileen Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 while Eileen went from #324 to #501.

Moved the same way as Alma

Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 and Elise from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 and Ella from #137 to #4.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 and Ellinor from #102 to #7.
Emma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Alma went from #293 to #8 and Emma from #342 to #1.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #5 in Norway in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alma

Alma at a glance

What stands out in Alma's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alma across 3 official records

Alma by decade in Norway · Girls

Alma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Alma

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Alma

Alma and the names beside it

Alma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alma

Moved the opposite way to Alma

Moved the same way as Alma

Alma at a glance

What stands out in Alma's record

Alma across 3 official records

Alma by decade in Norway · Girls

Alma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Alma

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Alma

Alma and the names beside it

Alma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alma

Moved the opposite way to Alma

Moved the same way as Alma