Alba
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Alba is Latin for “white,” and it is also the Gaelic name for Scotland. Alba is described as an English place name for a town on a white hill, and it appears in the novel The Time Traveler’s Wife.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson)
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Usage of Alba in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Alba against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Alba is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Alba in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 177 girls were named Alba, making it the #1261 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 7,471 girls have been named Alba, with the most (205) in 2024. It is most common, relative to births, in Colorado, Arizona and Massachusetts.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Alba in other languages
- Albina Albanian, Polish, Slovenian
- Albana Albanian
- Elba Italian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Alba
There are 124 towns and villages with Alba in their name, in 23 countries.
🇪🇸 Spain 30🇲🇽 Mexico 26🇮🇹 Italy 17🇷🇴 Romania 11🇺🇸 United States 5🇦🇷 Argentina 3🇧🇴 Bolivia 3🇧🇷 Brazil 3
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Alba Iulia | Alba County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 64,227 | Map |
| Alba | Piedmont, 🇮🇹 Italy | 24,923 | Map |
| Alba Adriatica | Abruzzo, 🇮🇹 Italy | 11,165 | Map |
| Alba Posse | Misiones, 🇦🇷 Argentina | 6,652 | Map |
| Poarta Albă | Constanța County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 4,739 | Map |
| Alba | Botoșani County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,599 | Map |
| Ceresole Alba | Piedmont, 🇮🇹 Italy | 1,321 | Map |
| Alba-Penia | Trentino-Alto Adige, 🇮🇹 Italy | 863 | Map |
| Balta Albă | Buzău County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 746 | Map |
| Alba | Missouri, 🇺🇸 United States | 539 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Alba
There are 8 lakes and reservoirs with Alba in their name, in 3 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 6🇨🇭 Switzerland 1🇷🇴 Romania 1
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| Alba Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Alba Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Balta Albă | 🇷🇴 Romania | Map |
| Lac Alba | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Alba | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Alba | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Alba | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lai da Fasch'Alba | Grisons, 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Alba songs
8 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Alba in their title. The best known:
- Alba – Ultimo (2023)
- Alba – Samurai Jay (2024)
- Alba – Keina Suda
- Alba – Frederic Sirés i Puig
- Alba – Joan Roure i Jané
- Alba – Josep Font i Palmarola
- Alba – Salvador Puga i Espuña
- Alba – Víctor Mateu i Moles
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Alba
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Alba.
Alba Torrens
Alba as a pet name
FurryName has found 40 dogs named Alba in public pet registers, making it the #2,003 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Zurich (3), Basel (2), Golden Plains Shire (1). Alba as a dog name →
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