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Baby name
Alma
Girl
Origin of the name
Alma has two sources: the Latin alma, “nourishing, kind,” and the Spanish alma, “soul.”
Classic name
163,723births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 73rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Alma are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Alma is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Alma is most common in Kentucky (2.4 times), Arkansas (2.3) and Mississippi (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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