How Many People Are Named Alberta?

15,959

people named Alberta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 21,416 people in the US has this name

Based on 70,764 babies named Alberta in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,844

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#998

See the top 100

Peak Year

1919

2,026 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, Italian, Portuguese
Pronunciation: al-BUR-tə (English), al-BER-ta (Italian)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of ALBERT. This is the name of a Canadian province, which was named in honour of a daughter of Queen Victoria.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

AlberteAlbertinaBrechtjeTinaTinekeBertinaAlbertineAdalberhtAdalbertAlbertAlbertusÆþelbeorhtÆðelberhtAbeAdelbert

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.6%
Male
0.4%

Almost all of the babies given the name Alberta (99.6%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Alberta alive today is about 72 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 83 in 2025.

Under 30 404
2.5%
30 to 59 2,350
14.7%
60 and over 13,205
82.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Alberta first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 2,026 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Alberta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #104, in 1910. In 2025 it ranked #9,478.

Girls
Rank in 2025#9,478
Best rank#104 (1910)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#146 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Alberta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Alberta were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 1,043 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alberta was given 2.5 times as often in Mississippi, 2.1 times in South Carolina and 1.7 times in Florida.

Pennsylvania 1,043
New York 938
Mississippi 737
California 731
Ohio 668
Illinois 655
Texas 635
South Carolina 564
Alabama 556
Georgia 534
Louisiana 449
Florida 448
North Carolina 432
Michigan 403
Missouri 381
New Jersey 379
Kentucky 360
Indiana 342
Virginia 334
Tennessee 290
Arkansas 274
Arizona 214
West Virginia 209
Kansas 195
New Mexico 192
Colorado 189
Massachusetts 158
Oklahoma 157
Maryland 155
Connecticut 124
Iowa 122
Hawaii 108
District of Columbia 90
Wisconsin 67
Nebraska 62
Washington 55
Minnesota 38
Oregon 38
Maine 38
Vermont 21
Montana 19
South Dakota 17
Rhode Island 13
New Hampshire 9
Idaho 6
Delaware 5
Alaska 4
North Dakota 4
Wyoming 2

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