Almeda vs Almira
American parents have registered 4,402 Almedas since 1880, against 1,821 Almiras. But in 2025 it was Almira that was commoner, 9 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Almeda Almira
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 143 years in which either name was published, Almeda for 100 years and Almira for 43 years. The lead changed hands 17 times.
- 1880–1968 Almeda ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1977–1979 Almira ahead
- 1983–1986 Almeda ahead
- 1994–2025 Almira ahead
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Almeda | Almira | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,402 | 1,821 |
| Most in one year | 135 | 48 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 760 | 650 |
| Median age today | 74 | 26 |
| Peak year | 1921 | 1917 |
| Best rank | 636th girls | 1,013th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,107th |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 4,402 / 0 | 1,821 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Almedas alive today are over 74; half the Almiras are over 26. That is 48 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Almeda and Almira.