Alma

AHL-mah

Latin, Hebrew, Kazakh

"nurturing, soul; young woman; apple"

The name Alma is currently ranked #472 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #51 in 1899. The name is most popular in ALMA, ALMA, and ALMA. Alma is occasionally used for boys in 2024.

Alma Rank in US Top 1000

# 472 in the US

Alma Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 116 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alma

• 472 US 2024
• 116 Nameberry 2026
• 466 Future 2028
• 235 England 2024
• 6 France 2024
• 63 Germany 2025
• 12 Spain 2023
• 1 sweden 2024
• 12 Norway 2024
• 4 Denmark 2024
• 25 Finland 2024
• 69 Belgium 2024
• 47 switzerland 2024
• 84 Austria 2024
• 24 Israel 2023
• 3 Argentina 2021
• 60 Chile 2021
• 97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021

20 Names Similar to Alma

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Alma.

• Ida
• Millicent
• Ingrid
• Wilhelmina
• Ines
• Ramona
• Philippa
• Maude
• Dorothea
• Sybil
• Enid
• Augusta
• Paloma
• Henrietta
• Tabitha
• Greta
• Rosamund
• Cecily
• Marjorie
• Winifred

Famous People Named Alma

• Alma Thomas American painter
• Alma Leonore Beltran Mexican actress
• Alma Angela Cogan English pop singer
• Alma Guillermoprieto Mexican journalist
• Alma Redlinger Romanian painter & illustrator
• Alma Lucy Reville Lady Hitchcock, English director and screenwriter; wife of director Alfred Hitchcock
• Alma Genevieve Rubens American silent film actress
• Alma Maria Mahler Austrian socialite; wife of composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel
• Alma Rosé Austrian violinist and conductor of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
• Alma Socorro Martínez (Torres) Mexican footballer
• Alma Templeton Moodie Australian violinist
• (Alma) Andrea Meza Miss World Mexico 2017
• Alma Jiménez Porter (b. 2011) daughter of footballer Iker Jimenez
• Alma Sanz (b. 2014) daughter of singer Alejandro Sanz
• Alma Versano (b. 2011) daughter of actress Gal Gadot and Yaron Versano
• Alma Mascherano daughter of Argentine footballer Javier Mascherano
• Alma Bay Dano (b. 2018) daughter of actor/writers Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano

The name Alma in Pop Culture

• Alma Singer character in The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
• Alma Winemiller main character in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke
• Alma Walker character on FX's American Horror Story: Asylum
• Alma Coin character in The Hunger Games trilogy
• Alma Dray character in film Now You See Me
• Alma Garret character on TV's Deadwood
• Alma LeFay Peregrine character in the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs
• Alma Wade character in the F.E.A.R. video game series
• Alma Parker character in 1966 film The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
• Alma Halliwell character on British soap Coronation Street
• Alma Hodge character on TV's Desperate Housewives
• Alma a Greater Fiend from the video game Ninja Gaiden
• Alma Montemayor main character in Mexican telenovela Porque el amor manda
• Alma Beoulve character in video game Final Fantasy Tactics
• Alma Jinnai character in anime Jewelpet Tinkle
• Alma Pudden character in the St Clare book series by Enid Blyton
• Alma character in animated series Doc McStuffins
• Book of Alma section of the Book of Mormon
• Alma a character in The Handmaid's Tale TV series