Alta is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Alta is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,267 for girl births in the United States (and #7,429 across all names), given to 33 babies. Alta was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (820 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | #4,267 | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | #5,970 | — |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | #4,573 | — |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | #4,477 | — |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | #4,100 | — |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | #5,014 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | #4,551 | — |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | #4,566 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,356 | — |
| 2016 | 34 | 34 | #4,257 | — |
| 2015 | 24 | 24 | #5,472 | — |
| 2014 | 19 | 19 | #6,465 | — |
| 2013 | 30 | 30 | #4,652 | — |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #7,824 | — |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | #6,157 | — |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | #7,235 | — |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | #7,080 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #7,435 | — |
| 2007 | 19 | 19 | #6,829 | — |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | #8,267 | — |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #5,815 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #7,414 | — |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #6,904 | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | #5,263 | — |
| 2001 | 20 | 20 | #5,585 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #4,799 | — |
| 1999 | 18 | 18 | #5,679 | — |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #7,564 | — |
| 1997 | 21 | — | #4,830 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #6,077 | — |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #5,452 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | — | #5,021 | — |
| 1993 | 24 | — | #4,262 | — |
| 1992 | 24 | — | #4,243 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #5,671 | — |
| 1990 | 22 | — | #4,385 | — |
| 1989 | 33 | — | #3,167 | — |
| 1988 | 20 | — | #4,314 | — |
| 1987 | 21 | — | #3,988 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #4,034 | — |
| 1985 | 27 | — | #3,250 | — |
| 1984 | 34 | — | #2,678 | — |
| 1983 | 29 | — | #2,911 | — |
| 1982 | 42 | — | #2,327 | — |
| 1981 | 25 | — | #3,342 | — |
| 1980 | 38 | — | #2,487 | — |
| 1979 | 37 | — | #2,479 | — |
| 1978 | 43 | — | #2,159 | — |
| 1977 | 44 | — | #2,125 | — |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #2,293 | — |
| 1975 | 44 | — | #1,989 | — |
| 1974 | 37 | — | #2,172 | — |
| 1973 | 43 | — | #1,913 | — |
| 1972 | 40 | — | #1,989 | — |
| 1971 | 43 | — | #1,968 | — |
| 1970 | 53 | — | #1,720 | — |
| 1969 | 52 | — | #1,668 | — |
| 1968 | 52 | — | #1,594 | — |
| 1967 | 39 | — | #1,881 | — |
| 1966 | 52 | — | #1,549 | — |
| 1965 | 54 | — | #1,516 | — |
| 1964 | 65 | — | #1,393 | — |
| 1963 | 41 | — | #1,816 | — |
| 1962 | 70 | — | #1,324 | — |
| 1961 | 76 | — | #1,268 | — |
| 1960 | 88 | — | #1,163 | — |
| 1959 | 83 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1958 | 101 | — | #1,041 | — |
| 1957 | 100 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1956 | 116 | — | #935 | — |
| 1955 | 117 | — | #906 | — |
| 1954 | 114 | — | #897 | — |
| 1953 | 144 | — | #761 | — |
| 1952 | 166 | — | #691 | — |
| 1951 | 164 | — | #682 | — |
| 1950 | 175 | — | #647 | — |
| 1949 | 187 | — | #603 | — |
| 1948 | 181 | — | #615 | — |
| 1947 | 198 | — | #605 | — |
| 1946 | 202 | — | #558 | — |
| 1945 | 215 | — | #496 | — |
| 1944 | 224 | — | #476 | — |
| 1943 | 239 | — | #476 | — |
| 1942 | 271 | — | #445 | — |
| 1941 | 247 | — | #436 | — |
| 1940 | 291 | — | #398 | — |
| 1939 | 288 | — | #392 | — |
| 1938 | 301 | — | #384 | — |
| 1937 | 330 | — | #356 | #3,535 |
| 1936 | 334 | — | #345 | #3,561 |
| 1935 | 376 | — | #325 | — |
| 1934 | 355 | — | #335 | — |
| 1933 | 430 | — | #294 | #3,281 |
| 1932 | 421 | — | #312 | #3,791 |
| 1931 | 434 | — | #307 | #3,778 |
| 1930 | 434 | — | #318 | #3,299 |
| 1929 | 482 | — | #305 | #3,972 |
| 1928 | 521 | — | #290 | #3,712 |
| 1927 | 564 | — | #281 | — |
| 1926 | 610 | — | #273 | #4,220 |
| 1925 | 598 | — | #271 | — |
| 1924 | 663 | — | #255 | — |
| 1923 | 636 | — | #255 | #3,475 |
| 1922 | 691 | — | #247 | — |
| 1921 | 748 | — | #243 | #3,535 |
| 1920 | 715 | — | #244 | — |
| 1919 | 738 | — | #231 | — |
| 1918 | 820 | — | #221 | — |
| 1917 | 792 | — | #217 | #2,737 |
| 1916 | 770 | — | #220 | #3,911 |
| 1915 | 721 | — | #222 | — |
| 1914 | 558 | — | #227 | #2,930 |
| 1913 | 491 | — | #213 | #2,830 |
| 1912 | 459 | — | #207 | — |
| 1911 | 357 | — | #201 | — |
| 1910 | 347 | — | #191 | — |
| 1909 | 327 | — | #180 | — |
| 1908 | 313 | — | #182 | — |
| 1907 | 319 | — | #176 | — |
| 1906 | 316 | — | #171 | — |
| 1905 | 316 | — | #167 | — |
| 1904 | 327 | — | #164 | — |
| 1903 | 282 | — | #172 | — |
| 1902 | 279 | — | #170 | — |
| 1901 | 280 | — | #165 | #1,064 |
| 1900 | 337 | — | #164 | — |
| 1899 | 278 | — | #161 | — |
| 1898 | 317 | — | #161 | — |
| 1897 | 295 | — | #155 | — |
| 1896 | 302 | — | #155 | — |
| 1895 | 286 | — | #156 | #740 |
| 1894 | 303 | — | #144 | #1,083 |
| 1893 | 274 | — | #147 | — |
| 1892 | 282 | — | #145 | — |
| 1891 | 244 | — | #146 | #973 |
| 1890 | 234 | — | #151 | — |
| 1889 | 231 | — | #147 | #976 |
| 1888 | 218 | — | #147 | — |
| 1887 | 187 | — | #139 | — |
| 1886 | 159 | — | #151 | — |
| 1885 | 155 | — | #144 | — |
| 1884 | 140 | — | #151 | — |
| 1883 | 114 | — | #156 | — |
| 1882 | 119 | — | #148 | — |
| 1881 | 114 | — | #137 | — |
| 1880 | 91 | — | #151 | — |