Alida

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Alida is a feminine given name, a common Dutch version of Adelaide until about 1960. It is a compound word: adal 'noble' + heid 'gleam, glitter'. The name was also common in Norway between 1860 and 1910 when immigration was frequent.

From Wikipedia

Alida first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1917 with 64 babies (rank #859 that year). In 2024 it was given to 30 girls (rank #4,550). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Alida

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alida yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,624

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Alida

Alida Vallifilm director · b. 1921

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	17	#403
1881	16	#419
1882	18	#432
1883	16	#481
1884	7	#852
1885	16	#542
1886	22	#459
1887	16	#560
1888	19	#573
1889	20	#568
1890	21	#570
1891	26	#506
1892	25	#554
1893	24	#571
1894	32	#505
1895	26	#596
1896	34	#504
1897	30	#537
1898	13	#964
1899	27	#593
1900	26	#706
1901	17	#796
1902	27	#642
1903	21	#735
1904	18	#853
1905	24	#735
1906	21	#793
1907	24	#761
1908	27	#742
1909	18	#963
1910	28	#812
1911	18	#1,032
1912	29	#938
1913	40	#830
1914	33	#1,035
1915	51	#927
1916	54	#928
1917	64	#859
1918	53	#990
1919	37	#1,245
1920	37	#1,257
1921	45	#1,137
1922	46	#1,125
1923	41	#1,213
1924	36	#1,354
1925	26	#1,649
1926	35	#1,326
1927	46	#1,127
1928	27	#1,542
1929	31	#1,371
1930	43	#1,128
1931	30	#1,336
1932	35	#1,213
1933	33	#1,244
1934	32	#1,264
1935	33	#1,244
1936	28	#1,376
1937	18	#1,846
1938	26	#1,476
1939	19	#1,798
1940	26	#1,518
1941	27	#1,503
1942	32	#1,441
1943	23	#1,792
1944	28	#1,546
1945	22	#1,796
1946	40	#1,376
1947	49	#1,302
1948	62	#1,135
1949	63	#1,144
1950	38	#1,496
1951	52	#1,292
1952	51	#1,351
1953	56	#1,299
1954	60	#1,278
1955	35	#1,774
1956	38	#1,718
1957	36	#1,808
1958	50	#1,512
1959	44	#1,643
1960	44	#1,697
1961	40	#1,807
1962	31	#2,114
1963	35	#1,981
1964	33	#2,071
1965	37	#1,888
1966	27	#2,308
1967	33	#2,040
1968	18	#3,060
1969	25	#2,645
1970	38	#2,121
1971	43	#1,967
1972	34	#2,223
1973	40	#2,020
1974	41	#2,030
1975	31	#2,516
1976	39	#2,174
1977	45	#2,093
1978	34	#2,518
1979	37	#2,478
1980	36	#2,602
1981	38	#2,490
1982	31	#2,901
1983	29	#2,910
1984	37	#2,515
1985	35	#2,703
1986	35	#2,726
1987	32	#2,973
1988	29	#3,308
1989	31	#3,330
1990	29	#3,626
1991	26	#3,937
1992	34	#3,268
1993	29	#3,682
1994	31	#3,538
1995	26	#3,977
1996	28	#3,835
1997	31	#3,631
1998	35	#3,426
1999	25	#4,452
2000	36	#3,593
2001	29	#4,216
2002	34	#3,814
2003	30	#4,313
2004	25	#5,069
2005	47	#3,263
2006	21	#6,136
2007	33	#4,479
2008	25	#5,581
2009	32	#4,579
2010	25	#5,425
2011	32	#4,471
2012	28	#4,972
2013	28	#4,896
2014	31	#4,550
2015	27	#4,988
2016	38	#3,931
2017	29	#4,699
2018	32	#4,357
2019	25	#5,165
2020	26	#4,885
2021	29	#4,617
2022	25	#5,175
2023	21	#5,756
2024	30	#4,550