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Alma

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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.

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #211 to #3225.200020052010201520202025#211#3225
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
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
2025#211

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, #211 among girls in England and Wales, #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

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

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #5 among girls in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #211 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#211222HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#234205HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#228205HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#279164HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#267177HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#304153HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#345129HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#362127HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#413106HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#52980HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#60968HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#62964HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#68458HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#74953HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#70255HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#104032HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#110528HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#124723HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#119623HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#108725HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#150015HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#153514HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#27276HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#21058HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#172810HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#24166HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#32254HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#21657HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#24116HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#20967HighVerified
2025Norwayfemale#8297HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#8268HighVerified
2023Norwayfemale#5288HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#9249HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#9261HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#15225HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#11252HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#17215HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#12243HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#22208HighVerified
2015Norwayfemale#28192HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#36163HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#30185HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#38159HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#38163HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#46137HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#48134HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#7096HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#10266HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#11956HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#14242HighVerified
2004Norwayfemale#16634HighVerified
2003Norwayfemale#15439HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#29114HighVerified
2001Norwayfemale#28114HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#36410HighVerified
1999Norwayfemale#33711HighVerified
1998Norwayfemale#28714HighVerified
1997Norwayfemale#3879HighVerified
1996Norwayfemale#30413HighVerified
1995Norwayfemale#29914HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#5076HighVerified
1993Norwayfemale#5206HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#4917HighVerified
1991Norwayfemale#4239HighVerified
1989Norwayfemale#4708HighVerified
1988Norwayfemale#6534HighVerified
1987Norwayfemale#5147HighVerified
1986Norwayfemale#30415HighVerified
1985Norwayfemale#31914HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#39610HighVerified
1983Norwayfemale#6204HighVerified
1982Norwayfemale#4119HighVerified
1981Norwayfemale#3959HighVerified
1980Norwayfemale#25718HighVerified
1979Norwayfemale#4996HighVerified
1978Norwayfemale#32413HighVerified
1977Norwayfemale#4507HighVerified
1976Norwayfemale#31313HighVerified
1975Norwayfemale#4178HighVerified
1974Norwayfemale#36610HighVerified
1973Norwayfemale#4387HighVerified
1972Norwayfemale#4557HighVerified
1971Norwayfemale#34510HighVerified
1970Norwayfemale#4716HighVerified
1969Norwayfemale#4027HighVerified
1968Norwayfemale#34110HighVerified
1965Norwayfemale#3628HighVerified
1963Norwayfemale#4106HighVerified
1962Norwayfemale#4844HighVerified
1959Norwayfemale#4414HighVerified
1957Norwayfemale#3626HighVerified
1951Norwayfemale#3575HighVerified
1950Norwayfemale#3117HighVerified
1949Norwayfemale#3774HighVerified
1948Norwayfemale#3167HighVerified
1946Norwayfemale#3904HighVerified
1945Norwayfemale#2938HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#22619HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#21320HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#6255HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#38910HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#27016HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#4109HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#5027HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#5127HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#5796HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#5157HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#5816HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#6615HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#6605HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#6775HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#9373HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#6635HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#8423HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#7643HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#4435HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#5283HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandfemale#4964HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandfemale#5343HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#4564HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandfemale#3657HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandfemale#3577HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandfemale#28511HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandfemale#28012HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandfemale#24216HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandfemale#25015HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandfemale#24216HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandfemale#26714HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandfemale#22420HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandfemale#24818HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandfemale#29912HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandfemale#21125HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandfemale#23619HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandfemale#20427HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandfemale#24017HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandfemale#22919HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandfemale#3089HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandfemale#25515HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandfemale#26214HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#3327HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandfemale#23416HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandfemale#23013HighVerified
1969Republic of Irelandfemale#3037HighVerified
1968Republic of Irelandfemale#25010HighVerified
1967Republic of Irelandfemale#3933HighVerified
1966Republic of Irelandfemale#3105HighVerified
1965Republic of Irelandfemale#2627HighVerified
1964Republic of Irelandfemale#3274HighVerified
2024Scotlandfemale#31511HighVerified

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

Where Alma is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Alma, between 1945 and 2025, in 72 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1945Norway: recorded in 1946Norway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1951Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2023Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1964Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1965Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1966Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1967Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1968Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1969Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1971Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1978England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2025ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419452025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–202568#5 in 2023
Republic of Ireland1964–202551#204 in 1978
England and Wales1996–202530#211 in 2025
Scotland20241#315 in 2024

Its high point came 47 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1978) than in England and Wales (2025).

No registrar recorded it for 5 years after 1951; it appears again in 1957.

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What is known about Alma

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
4 official registrars, 1945–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.