Alma
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Alma (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Alma has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 144 |
| 1999 | 218 |
| 2000 | 235 |
| 2001 | 292 |
| 2002 | 339 |
| 2003 | 373 |
| 2004 | 401 |
| 2005 | 423 |
| 2006 | 415 |
| 2007 | 452 |
| 2008 | 441 |
| 2009 | 484 |
| 2010 | 506 |
| 2011 | 458 |
| 2012 | 410 |
| 2013 | 447 |
| 2014 | 532 |
| 2015 | 497 |
| 2016 | 547 |
| 2017 | 532 |
| 2018 | 564 |
| 2019 | 561 |
| 2020 | 576 |
| 2021 | 667 |
| 2022 | 595 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,068 |
| 2000 | 3,163 |
| 2001 | 3,335 |
| 2002 | 3,548 |
| 2003 | 3,825 |
| 2004 | 4,130 |
| 2005 | 4,464 |
| 2006 | 4,806 |
| 2007 | 5,191 |
| 2008 | 5,575 |
| 2009 | 6,027 |
| 2010 | 6,486 |
| 2011 | 6,887 |
| 2012 | 7,263 |
| 2013 | 7,682 |
| 2014 | 8,224 |
| 2015 | 8,751 |
| 2016 | 9,373 |
| 2017 | 9,934 |
| 2018 | 10,520 |
| 2019 | 11,085 |
| 2020 | 11,672 |
Alma in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Alma.Hi! My name is Alma.
- Alma har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Alma has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Alma i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Alma this afternoon.
- Almas mamma är lärare.Alma's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Almas mamma is Alma's mum.
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Questions about Alma
How do you pronounce Alma in Swedish?
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What does the name Alma mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
How popular is Alma in Sweden?
595 babies were named Alma in 2022. In 2020, 11,672 people in Sweden had Alma as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.