If Alba rises to the top of the ranking of the most fashionable first names in 2024, another female first name will take pride of place. Moreover, it is already among the most awarded in the capital.
Powered by a TV series “Les Demoiselles du Telephone”, the first name Alba is considered by experts to be the most trendy female first name of the year 2024. According to Stéphanie Rapoport, co-author of the Official First Names, Alba ticks indeed all the boxes: it has an A ending, refers to nature since it translates as dawn in Spanish, and has a touch of originality that parents appreciate. But this feminine first name at the top of the ranking is very close to another equally charming first name, which should be very popular this year among newborns.
In 2024, expect to hear the first name Alma, which enters the top 20 of the most trendy names for girls, and which rises for the first time to 17th place in the ranking. To top it all off, this first name is already among the most given to little girls in Paris. According to INSEE, in 2022, this first name experienced growing success, reaching 1,974 births recorded that year, compared to only 30 births in 2000.
If you are attracted to this name for your child, or if you or someone you know has it, be proud of it! Alma, with Latin and Arabic origins, means “learned” and could be one of the most popular names of the year. With only one letter difference from Alba, this feminine first name is also attractive for its singing sound and its ending in A. It is also short, a criterion of choice for young parents… So many characteristics which place little Alma in the front of the scene.