Alma

girls:

162.4k births since 1880

#242 (96th percentile)

boys:

2.2k births since 1880

#2683 (41st percentile)

overall:

164.6k births since 1880

#454 (94th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alma".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
162,355
Peak Births
3,650
Peak Year
1916
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
88.1%
Current Percentile
56.2%
Peak Rank
#50
Current Rank
#415
Female statistics
Total Births
2,202
Peak Births
52
Peak Year
1918
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
8.9%
Current Percentile
0.0%
Peak Rank
#177
Current Rank
#911
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Alma

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Alma. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 82.9% confident that Alma is pronounced as AHL-muh. The next most likely pronunciation is AL-muh, at 17.1% confidence.

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82.9%
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AHL-muh (2 syllables)
Verified
82.9% confidence
AA1 L M AH0
AL-muh (2 syllables)
17.1% confidence
AE1 L M AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Alma. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Alma, please vote using the thumbs up button.

AH-muh (2 syllables)
4 names 1.7k births
AA1 M AH0
AL-mer (2 syllables)
2 names 891 births
AE1 L M ER0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AA1 L M AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.