How Many People Are Named Alta?
people named Alta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,879 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,048 babies named Alta in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
820 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly from Latin altus or Italian/Spanish alto meaning "high".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alta (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alta alive today is about 65 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alta first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 820 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #137, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #4,266.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,266 |
| Best rank | #137 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #265 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 384 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alta was given 5.1 times as often in Idaho, 4.5 times in Utah and 3.6 times in Oklahoma.
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