Alma is a distinctive choice, ranked #234 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Alma in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#234
US Rank #472
About the Name Alma
Alma is steadily gaining in popularity, up 70 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #228 in 2023, and it currently sits at #234. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Alma is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it sits at #472 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Alma
Unlikely. With around 205 UK babies named Alma per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Alma in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Alma is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 70 places over the last five years to #234 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Alma is more popular in the UK (#234) than in the US (#472). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Alma include: Alma Deutscher — Alma Elizabeth Deutscher is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor.; Will Alma — Will Alma, OAM was an Australian stage magician, maker of conjuring apparatus and magic historian.; Alma Moreno — Venesa Moreno Lacsamana, professionally known as Alma Moreno (Tagalog: [ˈalmɐ moˈɾɛno]), is a Filipino actress and politician..
Alma appears in the US top 500 at #472 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
205
UK babies named Alma (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 70 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Alma
Likely around 1 other Alma in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Alma
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Alma Elizabeth Deutscher is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor. A child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five; at seven, she completed the short opera, The Sweeper of Dreams, and later wrote a violin concerto at age nine.
Alma Lutz was an American feminist and activist for equal rights and woman suffrage. She was also the biographer of key women in the women's rights movement.
Alma Marie Sullivan Reed was an American journalist. While working in Mexico in the 1920s, she fell in love with the Governor of Yucatán, Felipe Carrillo Puerto; however, he was assassinated while she was home in San Francisco preparing for their wedding.
Alma Angela Cohen Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.
Alma Wilford Richards was an American athlete. He was the first resident of Utah to win a gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games, in Stockholm, Sweden, in the running high jump event.
Will Alma, OAM was an Australian stage magician, maker of conjuring apparatus and magic historian. He is perhaps best known for his curation and donation of the 'WG Alma Conjuring Collection' to State Library Victoria.
Alma Woodsey Thomas was an African-American artist and art teacher who lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century. She is the first African-American woman to be included in the White House's permanent art collection.