Albert

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #614 for boys in 2025, 461 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1910 · 2,183 births
Debut · boys
1,493 births
In top 100 · boys
87 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
491,861
since 1880

Albert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #14, 1910boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#614461
2024—#607469
2023—#587487
2022—#613456
2021—#563504
2020—#523547
2019—#472622
2018—#453660
2017—#432718
2016—#476644
2015—#441695
2014—#434697
2013—#422697
2012—#402725
2011—#392725
2010—#403699
2009—#403733
2008—#374824
2007—#370831
2006—#354860
2005—#341869
2004#14,1796#338869
2003—#314953
2002—#298984
2001—#2801,094
2000—#2811,092
1999—#2691,118
1998—#2581,158
1997—#2491,177
1996#10,5677#2311,300
1995#8,07910#2241,332
1994#10,5697#2091,385
1993#10,5887#2091,433
1992#8,06510#2051,506
1991#13,1475#1901,697
1990#9,2478#1671,826
1989#6,95511#1701,763
1988#6,66611#1551,795
1987#4,28319#1581,768
1986#4,53917#1541,749
1985#5,67812#1521,799
1984#5,89911#1411,885
1983#4,88414#1501,822
1982#4,52716#1402,023
1981#6,32310#1451,942
1980#6,31910#1421,957
1979#4,84214#1451,860
1978#4,07917#1461,803
1977#4,23516#1371,950
1976#2,79227#1361,916
1975#5,9849#1292,015
1974#3,00823#1302,014
1973#3,34219#1122,288
1972#2,31132#1122,510
1971#2,95523#1192,683
1970#2,70526#1073,073
1969#2,70424#1082,934
1968#2,53824#1032,918
1967#3,08517#983,169
1966#3,74012#1003,297
1965#3,05017#1003,419
1964#2,67522#1003,761
1963#2,48924#1003,883
1962#2,46324#1014,072
1961#2,95718#974,324
1960#2,36925#934,602
1959#2,33924#924,605
1958#2,26025#894,807
1957#2,65119#845,049
1956#2,10327#815,150
1955#1,97829#765,179
1954#1,87531#735,428
1953#2,12224#695,439
1952#1,86129#665,660
1951#2,06423#605,758
1950#2,00223#565,754
1949#1,84527#566,064
1948#1,85826#556,156
1947#2,14621#556,462
1946#1,58331#526,007
1945#1,58827#495,432
1944#1,66125#445,855
1943#1,46732#436,307
1942#1,43832#406,496
1941#1,53826#405,927
1940#1,21836#415,572
1939#1,32731#415,477
1938#1,47526#375,796
1937#1,35529#375,665
1936#1,23034#345,759
1935#1,21934#316,094
1934#1,23633#326,003
1933#1,19735#306,091
1932#1,11641#266,863
1931#1,19936#247,131
1930#94160#247,950
1929#90263#248,078
1928#92464#238,812
1927#80082#239,128
1926#1,07948#219,146
1925#91366#219,511
1924#1,12348#219,880
1923#1,28337#209,825
1922#1,03053#209,896
1921#1,12646#2010,158
1920#1,37533#199,997
1919#1,10344#189,607
1918#1,12643#199,935
1917#1,12640#189,157
1916#1,24633#179,044
1915#1,19033#178,825
1914#1,14728#156,942
1913#1,17622#165,449
1912#1,47714#174,587
1911#1,24114#152,478
1910#1,26713#142,183
1909#1,36910#151,816
1908#1,5478#151,642
1907#1,3849#151,636
1906#1,3219#161,469
1905#1,2989#151,532
1904#1,8775#161,453
1903#1,5926#161,337
1902#1,3208#161,375
1901#1,2278#151,317
1900#1,10612#161,741
1899#1,2787#151,210
1898#1,1719#161,417
1897#1,1678#151,377
1896#1,04710#151,434
1895#1,1239#161,391
1894#90512#161,447
1893#1,0239#161,353
1892#83013#161,500
1891#9439#161,207
1890#82511#161,417
1889—#161,353
1888#69014#161,569
1887#9377#161,294
1886#9936#161,488
1885#9216#161,429
1884#1,0245#161,435
1883#57911#161,496
1882#9085#161,499
1881—#161,319
1880—#161,493
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Albert was already there! It came in at #16, and was given to 1,493 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2018–2025, when fewer than 670 boys a year got the name.

Where Albert is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 42 boysAKMaine: #19 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 81 boysMEVermont: #20 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 73 boysVTNew Hampshire: #20 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 62 boysNHWashington: #19 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 95 boysWAIdaho: #38 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 140 boysIDMontana: #21 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 94 boysMTNorth Dakota: #29 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 110 boysNDMinnesota: #37 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 139 boysMNIllinois: #24 for boys · 498 births · 1 in 111 boysILWisconsin: #46 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 170 boysWIMichigan: #22 for boys · 317 births · 1 in 109 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 1,003 births · 1 in 93 boysNYMassachusetts: #17 for boys · 524 births · 1 in 63 boysMARhode Island: #9 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 41 boysRIOregon: #19 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 99 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedNVWyoming: #19 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 91 boysWYSouth Dakota: #30 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 119 boysSDIowa: #39 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 159 boysIAIndiana: #26 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 139 boysINOhio: #22 for boys · 525 births · 1 in 95 boysOHPennsylvania: #16 for boys · 1,205 births · 1 in 72 boysPANew Jersey: #21 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 87 boysNJConnecticut: #16 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 64 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 363 births · 1 in 83 boysCAUtah: #38 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 140 boysUTColorado: #16 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 77 boysCONebraska: #48 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 167 boysNEMissouri: #28 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 129 boysMOKentucky: #30 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 152 boysKYWest Virginia: #27 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 130 boysWVVirginia: #32 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 155 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 88 boysMDDelaware: #17 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 71 boysDEArizona: #15 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 79 boysAZNew Mexico: #20 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 101 boysNMKansas: #25 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 112 boysKSArkansas: #22 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 120 boysARTennessee: #23 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 130 boysTNNorth Carolina: #32 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 163 boysNCSouth Carolina: #19 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 111 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #18 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 91 boysDCOklahoma: #26 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 130 boysOKLouisiana: #15 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 89 boysLAMississippi: #13 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 90 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 139 boysALGeorgia: #17 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 112 boysGAHawaii: #10 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 56 boysHITexas: #23 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 138 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 87 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#9 · 1 in 41
  2. Hawaii#10 · 1 in 56
  3. Mississippi#13 · 1 in 90
  4. Florida#14 · 1 in 87
  5. Arizona#15 · 1 in 79

Best ever in a state: #5 in Alaska, 1915.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#91281 in 41
Hawaii#10491 in 56
Mississippi#132151 in 90
Florida#141201 in 87
Arizona#15411 in 79
California#153631 in 83
Louisiana#152231 in 89
Alaska#1661 in 42
Colorado#161131 in 77
Connecticut#161881 in 64
Pennsylvania#161,2051 in 72
Delaware#17231 in 71
Georgia#172751 in 112
Maryland#171441 in 88
Massachusetts#175241 in 63
District of Columbia#18351 in 91
Maine#19771 in 81
Oregon#19581 in 99
South Carolina#191881 in 111
Washington#191021 in 95
Wyoming#19191 in 91
New Hampshire#20521 in 62
New Mexico#20401 in 101
Vermont#20331 in 73
Alabama#211931 in 139
Montana#21471 in 94
New Jersey#213331 in 87
New York#211,0031 in 93
Arkansas#221471 in 120
Michigan#223171 in 109
Ohio#225251 in 95
Tennessee#231891 in 130
Texas#233781 in 138
Illinois#244981 in 111
Kansas#251411 in 112
Indiana#261781 in 139
Oklahoma#261701 in 130
West Virginia#271281 in 130
Missouri#282181 in 129
North Dakota#29571 in 110
Kentucky#301711 in 152
South Dakota#30521 in 119
North Carolina#322091 in 163
Virginia#321551 in 155
Minnesota#371611 in 139
Idaho#38271 in 140
Utah#38331 in 140
Iowa#391321 in 159
Wisconsin#461371 in 170
Nebraska#48721 in 167
Nevada———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Albert
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#607 → #614)
  • 91 spots since 2020 (#523 → #614)
  • 173 spots since 2015 (#441 → #614)
  • Biggest jump: 44 spots in 2017 (#476 → #432)
  • Biggest drop: 51 spots in 2020 (#472 → #523)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #14 (2,183 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 92 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 87 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 87 yrs · run 1880–1961
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 70
  • Highest: 1 in 70 boys born in 1883 were named Albert (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,705 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #14 in 1910, was only 1 in 89 (1.1%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.2% of all boys named Albert (94,431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14,375#16 (1888)#16
1890s13,753#15 (1896)#16
1900s15,318#15 (1909)#16
1910s68,207#14 (1910)#17
1920s94,431#19 (1920)#21
1930s62,829#24 (1930)#32
1940s60,278#40 (1942)#48
1950s52,829#56 (1950)#75
1960s36,379#93 (1960)#100
1970s22,112#107 (1970)#127
1980s18,503#140 (1982)#151
1990s13,932#167 (1990)#221
2000s9,109#280 (2001)#335
2010s6,882#392 (2011)#433
2020s2,924#523 (2020)#585

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Albert in 1922

girls
#1,030
53 births · 1 in 22,660 girls
boys
#20
9,896 births · 1 in 110 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #1,030Albert53

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #20Albert9,896
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 22,660 of them was named Albert, which outranked 82.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,022Merry54
  2. #1,022Vallie54
  3. #1,022Vonda54
  4. #1,030Albert53
  5. #1,030Alline53
  6. #1,030Annis53
  7. #1,030Athena53
  8. #1,044Aldona52
  9. #1,044Alease52
  10. #1,044Domenica52

Tied with 13 names at #1,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 110 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #17Henry11,207
  2. #18Jack10,847
  3. #19Arthur10,114
  4. #20Albert9,896
  5. #21Kenneth9,258
  6. #22Harry9,077
  7. #23Ralph8,484
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Desmond#1,360 → #840
  2. ↑ 504Gorden#1,226 → #722
  3. ↑ 418Jackie#1,140 → #722
  4. ↑ 417Daryl#843 → #426
  5. ↑ 361Brown#1,360 → #999
Fallers
  1. ↓ 600Adolf#991 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 508Nello#962 → #1,470
  3. ↓ 439Newman#843 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 394Marcos#939 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Porfirio#939 → #1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →