Alma is a distinctive choice, ranked #211 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Alma in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#211
US Rank #449
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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 fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Alma in their class.
In the US it sits at #472 โ notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
โญ Famous People Named Alma
Alma Deutscher โ Alma Elizabeth Deutscher is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor.
Alma Lutz โ Alma Lutz was an American feminist and activist for equal rights and woman suffrage.
Alma Reed โ Alma Marie Sullivan Reed was an American journalist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Alma
Unlikely. With around 222 UK babies named Alma per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Alma in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Alma is at its highest recorded position โ #211 in 2025, with 222 births. In 2020 it ranked #304.
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, Will Alma and Alma Moreno. Short summaries for each appear below.
Alma appears in the US top 500 at #472 in 2024 โ moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
222
UK babies named Alma (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 93 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
Almost certainly the only Alma in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Alma
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
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.