Alba

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Latin

Meaning

Alba is a unisex given name of Latin origin meaning "white". In Spanish, Italian and Catalan the name means sunrise or "dawn". In Spanish, Italian and Catalan speaking countries it is considered to be a female name. It can also be used as a surname or as a title.

From Wikipedia

Alba first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 205 babies (rank #246 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alba

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

1,024
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
205
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19965#2,697
19976#2,423
199812#1,484
19994#3,258
20007#2,176
20016#2,476
20029#1,930
20039#2,003
200411#1,840
200515#1,505
200613#1,750
200726#1,104
200826#1,137
200929#1,085
201047#773
201159#665
201291#484
2013118#378
2014148#312
2015178#273
2016205#246