Albany
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #4,201
Given to girls 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 725since 1985
Albany over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Albany has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
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| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five girls were named Albany! It came in at #7,563, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 417 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #8,860)
- 891 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #8,860)
- 3,027 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1998 at #3,914 (29 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 60,929
- Highest: 1 in 60,929 girls born in 1998 were named Albany (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 31.7% of all girls named Albany (230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 45 | #5,065 (1988) | #6,498 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,914 (1998) | #5,755 |
| 2000s | 230 | #4,621 (2002) | #5,545 |
| 2010s | 213 | #4,892 (2014) | #6,053 |
| 2020s | 61 | #7,969 (2020) | #9,691 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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