Alma

“Nourishing, kind” — Latin origin

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

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.

Around the world: #1 in Denmark (2025) · #4 in France (2025) · #6 in Sweden (2025) · #8 in Norway (2025) · #14 in Argentina (2024).

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

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. · F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
Alma Halliwell — Coronation Street
Alma Mavis Taraza — Heretics of Dune

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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