Alma is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “nourishing, kind.” Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 653 girls in the United States.
Alma belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “nourishing, kind” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alma first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #51 in 1896, and in 2024 653 babies received the name — 163,016 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Alma means “nourishing, kind” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Alma is a girl name. In 2024, 653 babies received the name in the US.
Alma comes from the Spanish tradition.
Alma first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #51 in 1896, and 653 babies were given the name in 2024.
Alma is pronounced /Victoria|c/ (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. 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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