A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Alta
spare · sunbleached · upright
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived from the Latin altus, meaning high or elevated. Late-nineteenth-century parents often borrowed it from place names. Railroad stops, mining camps, and western peaks gave the name its American footing.
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 820 souls, A.D. 1918 2025
2025: 33 born, holding steady
Estimated Age
66 yrs
Most Altas were born around 1942 — predates the ZIP code.
Peak Reign
1918
№221 that year
Generation
Boomer, 34%
then Silent 33% · Gen X 12%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈29K ever born · holding steady
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Alta grew up with
SSA Dataradio dramas·trading marbles·the first drive-in theaters
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Alta peaked in 1918.
Estimated average age: 66.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Alta sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Alta sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
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The public has not yet weighed in on Alta. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenHearing Alta today suggests a person who learned penmanship on newsprint practice sheets. It has the economy of a telegram. The name reached its highest point during the final months of the First World War and began thinning out before vinyl siding was invented. It sits quietly on the page and expects everyone else to do the same.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name recorded its single biggest year in 1918 with 820 births, ranking just outside the national top two hundred.
Field Note 02
Two-thirds of living bearers belong to the Silent Generation or the Baby Boomers, putting the average bearer in her late sixties.
Field Note 03
Total American registrations stand at about twenty-nine thousand since 1880, a steady trickle that never quite dried up.
Notable Altas
AI-WrittenAlta Weisssemiprofessional baseball pitcher and physician, b. 1890
Alta Gerreypoet and independent press founder, b. 1942
Ephemera — If Alta were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Butte, Montana
Color
Zinc gray
Job
County records clerk
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