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Alma

Girl's name · #449 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Alma holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#449 in 2025). About 164,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Alma is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Alma is especially popular in Denmark, France, and Sweden.

#1 in Denmark (2025) · #4 in France (2025) · #6 in Sweden (2025) · #8 in Norway (2025) · #14 in Spain (2024) · #17 in Argentina (2025) · #22 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #24 in Switzerland (2025) · #33 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #45 in Belgium (2025) · #82 in Austria (2025) · #162 in Ecuador (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Almas

• Alma Mahler — Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879–1964)
• Alma Deutscher — British composer, pianist and violinist
• Alma — French singer
• Alma Karlin — Slovenian academic and poet (1889–1950)
• Alma Reville — English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)

In stories & tradition

• Alma Wade — F.E.A.R. (video game)
• Alma Halliwell — Coronation Street (TV series)
• Alma Mavis Taraza^es — Heretics of Dune (book)

What Almas become

Among 679 notable people named Alma:

Entertainers appear 1.88× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alma Deutscher, British composer, pianist and violinist.

Similar names: Corinne · Althea · Salma · Rosa · Nina · Myra

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