Alta is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #7426 for girl births in the United States, given to 33 babies. Alta first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (820 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #7,426 |
| 2024 | 20 | #10,362 |
| 2023 | 30 | #7,948 |
| 2022 | 31 | #7,765 |
| 2021 | 35 | #7,071 |
| 2020 | 25 | #8,653 |
| 2019 | 30 | #7,859 |
| 2018 | 30 | #7,839 |
| 2017 | 24 | #9,156 |
| 2016 | 34 | #7,307 |
| 2015 | 24 | #9,269 |
| 2014 | 19 | #10,848 |
| 2013 | 30 | #7,887 |
| 2012 | 15 | #12,935 |
| 2011 | 21 | #10,249 |
| 2010 | 17 | #11,979 |
| 2009 | 18 | #11,704 |
| 2008 | 17 | #12,152 |
| 2007 | 19 | #11,213 |
| 2006 | 14 | #13,460 |
| 2005 | 21 | #9,662 |
| 2004 | 15 | #11,992 |
| 2003 | 16 | #11,220 |
| 2002 | 22 | #8,735 |
| 2001 | 20 | #9,214 |
| 2000 | 24 | #7,946 |
| 1999 | 18 | #9,311 |
| 1998 | 12 | #12,120 |
| 1997 | 21 | #7,882 |
| 1996 | 15 | #9,802 |
| 1995 | 17 | #8,745 |
| 1994 | 19 | #8,145 |
| 1993 | 24 | #6,875 |
| 1992 | 24 | #6,831 |
| 1991 | 16 | #8,909 |
| 1990 | 22 | #6,955 |
| 1989 | 33 | #5,057 |
| 1988 | 20 | #6,737 |
| 1987 | 21 | #6,226 |
| 1986 | 20 | #6,270 |
| 1985 | 27 | #5,099 |
| 1984 | 34 | #4,214 |
| 1983 | 29 | #4,578 |
| 1982 | 42 | #3,664 |
| 1981 | 25 | #5,202 |
| 1980 | 38 | #3,910 |
| 1979 | 37 | #3,895 |
| 1978 | 43 | #3,425 |
| 1977 | 44 | #3,359 |
| 1976 | 36 | #3,630 |
| 1975 | 44 | #3,150 |
| 1974 | 37 | #3,421 |
| 1973 | 43 | #3,030 |
| 1972 | 40 | #3,173 |
| 1971 | 43 | #3,098 |
| 1970 | 53 | #2,734 |
| 1969 | 52 | #2,639 |
| 1968 | 52 | #2,527 |
| 1967 | 39 | #2,936 |
| 1966 | 52 | #2,453 |
| 1965 | 54 | #2,435 |
| 1964 | 65 | #2,259 |
| 1963 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 1962 | 70 | #2,156 |
| 1961 | 76 | #2,088 |
| 1960 | 88 | #1,914 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,941 |
| 1958 | 101 | #1,732 |
| 1957 | 100 | #1,747 |
| 1956 | 116 | #1,580 |
| 1955 | 117 | #1,541 |
| 1954 | 114 | #1,532 |
| 1953 | 144 | #1,331 |
| 1952 | 166 | #1,207 |
| 1951 | 164 | #1,188 |
| 1950 | 175 | #1,132 |
| 1949 | 187 | #1,064 |
| 1948 | 181 | #1,083 |
| 1947 | 198 | #1,061 |
| 1946 | 202 | #991 |
| 1945 | 215 | #894 |
| 1944 | 224 | #864 |
| 1943 | 239 | #858 |
| 1942 | 271 | #801 |
| 1941 | 247 | #795 |
| 1940 | 291 | #723 |
| 1939 | 288 | #710 |
| 1938 | 301 | #694 |
| 1937 | 330 | #644 |
| 1936 | 334 | #637 |
| 1935 | 376 | #600 |
| 1934 | 355 | #617 |
| 1933 | 430 | #542 |
| 1932 | 421 | #575 |
| 1931 | 434 | #564 |
| 1930 | 434 | #583 |
| 1929 | 482 | #553 |
| 1928 | 521 | #531 |
| 1927 | 564 | #519 |
| 1926 | 610 | #493 |
| 1925 | 598 | #491 |
| 1924 | 663 | #467 |
| 1923 | 636 | #462 |
| 1922 | 691 | #444 |
| 1921 | 748 | #427 |
| 1920 | 715 | #432 |
| 1919 | 738 | #414 |
| 1918 | 820 | #389 |
| 1917 | 792 | #381 |
| 1916 | 770 | #384 |
| 1915 | 721 | #385 |
| 1914 | 558 | #386 |
| 1913 | 491 | #367 |
| 1912 | 459 | #352 |
| 1911 | 357 | #311 |
| 1910 | 347 | #289 |
| 1909 | 327 | #267 |
| 1908 | 313 | #270 |
| 1907 | 319 | #257 |
| 1906 | 316 | #247 |
| 1905 | 316 | #243 |
| 1904 | 327 | #236 |
| 1903 | 282 | #250 |
| 1902 | 279 | #248 |
| 1901 | 280 | #232 |
| 1900 | 337 | #240 |
| 1899 | 278 | #230 |
| 1898 | 317 | #229 |
| 1897 | 295 | #220 |
| 1896 | 302 | #224 |
| 1895 | 286 | #224 |
| 1894 | 303 | #206 |
| 1893 | 274 | #216 |
| 1892 | 282 | #217 |
| 1891 | 244 | #212 |
| 1890 | 234 | #226 |
| 1889 | 231 | #219 |
| 1888 | 218 | #231 |
| 1887 | 187 | #224 |
| 1886 | 159 | #248 |
| 1885 | 155 | #240 |
| 1884 | 140 | #255 |
| 1883 | 114 | #266 |
| 1882 | 119 | #268 |
| 1881 | 114 | #247 |
| 1880 | 91 | #297 |