Alberta is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning “province in Canada.” In 2024 it was given to 9 girls in the United States.
Alberta belongs to the Portuguese and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “province in Canada” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alberta first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #104 in 1910, and in 2024 9 babies received the name — 70,355 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Alberta means “province in Canada” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Alberta is a girl name. In 2024, 9 babies received the name in the US.
Alberta comes from the Portuguese and English & American tradition.
Alberta first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #104 in 1910, and 9 babies were given the name in 2024.
Alberta is pronounced /ˌælˈbɜː(ɹ).tə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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