girls:
132 births since 1888
#5584 (2nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1930
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
137 births since 1888
#7602 (2nd percentile)
The name Alga is the #7,602 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 137 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 1.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,584 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 132 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1930.
Alga first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1930 for boys). Birth data for Alga is available in 19 out of the 68 years between 1888 and 1955 (19 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Alga has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Alga reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #553) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 29 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1955.
For boys, Alga reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #525) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1930.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alga".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Alga. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.5% confident that Alga is pronounced as AL-guh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHL-guh, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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