Is Alta a boy or girl name?
Alta is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 20 girls and 0 boys were named Alta, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 29,015 US babies named Alta were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,949
- Babies named Alta since 1880
- 29,015
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 820 babies
Boys and girls named Alta, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 1,523 | 99.7% |
| 1890s | 19 | 2,796 | 99.3% |
| 1900s | 5 | 3,091 | 99.8% |
| 1910s | 25 | 6,028 | 99.6% |
| 1920s | 30 | 6,198 | 99.5% |
| 1930s | 33 | 3,670 | 99.1% |
| 1940s | 0 | 2,255 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,280 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 589 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 420 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 289 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 188 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 186 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 244 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 141 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 20 | #5,949 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,570 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 31 | #4,474 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 35 | #4,099 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 25 | #5,012 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,550 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,563 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,354 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 34 | #4,255 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,471 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,464 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 15 | #7,822 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 21 | #6,156 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 17 | #7,235 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 18 | #7,080 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 17 | #7,433 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,828 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 21 | #5,815 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 15 | #7,414 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 16 | #6,903 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 22 | #5,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 20 | #5,585 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 24 | #4,799 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 18 | #5,679 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 12 | #7,564 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,830 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 15 | #6,077 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 17 | #5,452 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 19 | #5,021 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 24 | #4,262 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 24 | #4,243 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 16 | #5,671 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 22 | #4,385 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 33 | #3,167 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 20 | #4,314 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 21 | #3,988 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 20 | #4,033 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,249 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 34 | #2,678 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 29 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 25 | #3,341 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 38 | #2,487 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 37 | #2,479 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,989 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 37 | #2,171 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,914 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,968 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,720 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,668 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,594 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,881 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,549 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,516 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,393 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,816 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,324 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,268 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 88 | #1,163 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 83 | #1,166 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,041 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,044 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 116 | #935 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 117 | #906 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 114 | #897 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 144 | #761 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 166 | #691 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 164 | #682 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 175 | #647 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 187 | #603 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 181 | #615 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 198 | #605 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 202 | #558 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 215 | #496 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 224 | #476 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 239 | #476 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 271 | #445 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 247 | #436 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 291 | #398 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 288 | #392 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 301 | #384 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,535 | 325 | #356 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,561 | 329 | #345 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 376 | #325 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 355 | #335 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,281 | 424 | #294 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,791 | 416 | #312 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,778 | 429 | #307 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,299 | 427 | #318 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,972 | 477 | #305 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,712 | 515 | #290 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 564 | #281 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,220 | 605 | #273 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 598 | #271 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 663 | #255 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,475 | 629 | #255 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 691 | #247 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,535 | 741 | #243 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 715 | #244 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 738 | #231 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 820 | #221 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,737 | 783 | #217 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,912 | 765 | #220 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 721 | #222 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,930 | 552 | #227 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,830 | 486 | #213 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 459 | #207 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 357 | #201 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 347 | #191 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 327 | #180 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 313 | #182 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 319 | #176 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 316 | #171 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 316 | #167 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 327 | #164 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 282 | #172 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 279 | #170 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,064 | 275 | #165 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 337 | #164 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 278 | #161 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 317 | #161 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 295 | #155 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 302 | #155 |
| 1895 | 9 | #740 | 277 | #156 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,083 | 298 | #144 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 274 | #147 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 282 | #145 |
| 1891 | 5 | #973 | 239 | #146 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 234 | #151 |
| 1889 | 5 | #976 | 226 | #147 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 218 | #147 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 187 | #139 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 159 | #151 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 155 | #144 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 140 | #151 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 114 | #156 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 119 | #148 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 114 | #137 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 91 | #151 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Alta reached #740 in 1895. As a girl name, it reached #137 in 1881. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Alta
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.