How rare is the name Alida?

4,826 people in the United States have the first name Alida, about 1 in 62,584. It ranks #4,022 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ALIDA

#4,022

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,826
About
1 in 62,584
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,826 people named Alida, 48.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 41.9% as White and 5.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alida peaked in 1917, when 64 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1917
Births that year
64
In 2025*
26 ▼59%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,650 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alida by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #928. The largest share of babies named Alida, 19.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#943167
1890s#928258
1900s#1,239223
1910s#1,763407
1920s#2,348370
1930s#2,476297
1940s#2,418371
1950s#2,511460
1960s#3,342324
1970s#3,497382
1980s#4,495333
1990s#6,128294
2000s#7,398312
2010s#8,102295
2020s#8,654157
Before 19019.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2719.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4511%
Baby boom 1946–6418.5%
Generation X 1965–8012%
Millennials 1981–9610.8%
Generation Z 1997–1210.5%
2013 and later7.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Alida

2 other first names also have 4,826 people.

#4,022 Alexzander · 4,826#4,022 Arnaldo · 4,826

Either side of Alida

#4,021 Jaren · 4,827#4,022 Alexzander · 4,826#4,022 Arnaldo · 4,826#4,025 Jazlynn · 4,824

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alida, most common first.

#4,459 Aleida · 4,179#6,317 Alda · 2,554#8,139 Alita · 1,797#17,112 Aleda · 650#40,339 Alyda · 185#47,034 Alidia · 140

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