Albena

Last seen for girls in 1932 at #4,411

Peak · girls
1889 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
397
since 1889

Albena over time

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Rank among girls' names. Albena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #1,147, 1889girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1925#2,28316
1924#2,30816
1923#2,02119
1922#1,64626
1921#2,28216
1920#1,95220
1919#1,64924
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1917#1,37729
1916#1,48525
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1912#1,35216
1911#1,45011
1910#2,3985
1909#1,7637
1908#1,20312
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1906#1,7276
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1892#1,4505
1891#1,3325
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Albena! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Albena is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedWIMichigan: #488 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,681 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Albena, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#488 · 1 in 7,681

Best ever in a state: #488 in Michigan, 1923.

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See more about Albena
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1932
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1889 at #1,147 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr 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 27,859
  • Highest: 1 in 27,859 girls born in 1908 were named Albena (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,430 girls born in 1932 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,147 in 1889, was only 1 in 29,728 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 45.8% of all girls named Albena (182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s15#1,332 (1891)#1,455
1900s43#1,203 (1908)#1,629
1910s182#1,352 (1912)#1,649
1920s141#1,646 (1922)#2,470
1930s10#4,411 (1932)#4,481

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.

Albena in 1923

girls
#2,021
19 births · 1 in 63,493 girls

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #2,021Albena19
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 63,493 of them was named Albena, which outranked 64.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albena
  1. #1,944Verlene20
  2. #1,944Vicie20
  3. #1,944Zeta20
  4. #2,021Albena19
  5. #2,021Almena19
  6. #2,021Ardeth19
  7. #2,021Arleene19
  8. #2,091Altie18
  9. #2,091Angel18
  10. #2,091Berdine18

Tied with 69 names at #2,021; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923 →