Almeta vs Almira
American parents have registered 2,241 Almetas 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
Almeta 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 140 years in which either name was published, Almeta for 71 years and Almira for 69 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1880–1906 Almira ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1907–1975 Almeta ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1976–1982 Almira ahead
- 1983–1986 Almeta ahead
- 1990–2025 Almira ahead
6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Almeta | Almira | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,241 | 1,821 |
| Most in one year | 69 | 48 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 640 | 650 |
| Median age today | 72 | 26 |
| Peak year | 1924 | 1917 |
| Best rank | 914th girls | 1,013th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,107th |
| First recorded | 1884 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 2,241 / 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 Almetas alive today are over 72; half the Almiras are over 26. That is 46 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: Almeta and Almira.