# Alba (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑlbə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,579 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 108 / 7,471 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,131, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 124 | 1,690 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,625 |
| 2013 | 146 | 1,510 |
| 2014 | 149 | 1,493 |
| 2015 | 158 | 1,454 |
| 2016 | 124 | 1,712 |
| 2017 | 148 | 1,495 |
| 2018 | 132 | 1,616 |
| 2019 | 161 | 1,392 |
| 2020 | 188 | 1,214 |
| 2021 | 193 | 1,221 |
| 2022 | 198 | 1,220 |
| 2023 | 188 | 1,238 |
| 2024 | 205 | 1,170 |
| 2025 | 177 | 1,261 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 9 | 1,949 |
| 1915 | 7 | 3,085 |
| 1917 | 9 | 2,733 |
| 1918 | 7 | 3,375 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,170 |
| 1920 | 8 | 3,213 |
| 1922 | 5 | 4,318 |
| 1923 | 9 | 2,953 |
| 1925 | 9 | 2,937 |
| 1926 | 6 | 3,712 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,599 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,283 |
| 1943 | 5 | 3,547 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,742 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,286 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 665 |
| 2012 | 91 | 483 |
| 2013 | 118 | 378 |
| 2014 | 148 | 312 |
| 2015 | 178 | 273 |
| 2016 | 205 | 246 |
| 2017 | 263 | 198 |
| 2018 | 269 | 196 |
| 2019 | 284 | 175 |
| 2020 | 291 | 173 |
| 2021 | 352 | 145 |
| 2022 | 347 | 143 |
| 2023 | 387 | 129 |
| 2024 | 413 | 119 |
| 2025 | 472 | 95 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Alba

- Alba de Céspedes, Cuban-Italian writer and poet
- Alba Gaïa Bellugi, French actress
- Alba Arnova, Ballet dancer and actor (1930-2018)
- Alba Rueda, First Undersecretary of Diversity Policies of the Nation in Argentina
- Alba Solís, Argentine singer (1927–2016)
- Alba Zaluar, Brazilian anthropologist
- Alba Hurup Larsen, Danish racing driver
- Alba Teruel, cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.