# Alberta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alberta/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌælˈbɜː(ɹ).tə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Alta |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 70,764 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 399 / 70,365 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 168, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Albert + -a. The province was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta.

## 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 | 10 | 10,414 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,136 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,284 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11,977 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10,918 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12,946 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12,775 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,529 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,519 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,579 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,494 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,703 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,535 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,312 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,481 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 5 | 3,528 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2,482 |
| 1939 | 8 | 2,612 |
| 1940 | 10 | 2,325 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,510 |
| 1943 | 10 | 2,406 |
| 1945 | 7 | 2,745 |
| 1946 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,691 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,743 |
| 1954 | 6 | 3,454 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,045 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,549 |
| 1986 | 9 | 4,466 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,107 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Alberta

- Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (1955–2015)
- Alberta Hunter, American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
- Alberta Adams, American singer, musician (1917–2014)
- Alberta Vaughn, actress (1904-1992)
- Laura Alberta Linton, American chemist and physician (1853-1915)
- Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, British princess; elder daughter of Louise, Princess Royal, and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke o
- Eva Jessye, American conductor (1895–1992)

## 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.