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

Showing
Show data for
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #14, 1910boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 52 boysAKMaine: #19 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 79 boysMEVermont: #22 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 79 boysVTNew Hampshire: #17 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 69 boysNHWashington: #28 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 127 boysWAIdaho: #45 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 166 boysIDMontana: #20 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 89 boysMTNorth Dakota: #22 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 100 boysNDMinnesota: #48 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 169 boysMNIllinois: #24 for boys · 547 births · 1 in 109 boysILWisconsin: #44 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 172 boysWIMichigan: #23 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 117 boysMINew York: #18 for boys · 1,037 births · 1 in 93 boysNYMassachusetts: #19 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 72 boysMARhode Island: #13 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 49 boysRIOregon: #23 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 113 boysORNevada: #11 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 38 boysNVWyoming: #16 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 86 boysWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 112 boysSDIowa: #45 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 195 boysIAIndiana: #26 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 136 boysINOhio: #22 for boys · 514 births · 1 in 105 boysOHPennsylvania: #16 for boys · 1,148 births · 1 in 79 boysPANew Jersey: #14 for boys · 444 births · 1 in 68 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 74 boysCTCalifornia: #17 for boys · 423 births · 1 in 86 boysCAUtah: #38 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 138 boysUTColorado: #17 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 86 boysCONebraska: #36 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 159 boysNEMissouri: #29 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 142 boysMOKentucky: #31 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 155 boysKYWest Virginia: #31 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 140 boysWVVirginia: #31 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 159 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 84 boysMDDelaware: #21 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 75 boysDEArizona: #13 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 69 boysAZNew Mexico: #25 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 108 boysNMKansas: #23 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 119 boysKSArkansas: #25 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 130 boysARTennessee: #30 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 148 boysTNNorth Carolina: #27 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 143 boysNCSouth Carolina: #27 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 137 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 70 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 149 boysOKLouisiana: #14 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 87 boysLAMississippi: #17 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 102 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 129 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 129 boysGAHawaii: #14 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 66 boysHITexas: #25 for boys · 354 births · 1 in 159 boysTXFlorida: #15 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 84 boysFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#11 · 1 in 38
  2. Rhode Island#13 · 1 in 49
  3. Arizona#13 · 1 in 69
  4. Hawaii#14 · 1 in 66
  5. New Jersey#14 · 1 in 68

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#1191 in 38
Arizona#13541 in 69
Rhode Island#131151 in 49
Hawaii#14491 in 66
Louisiana#142221 in 87
New Jersey#144441 in 68
District of Columbia#15471 in 70
Florida#151391 in 84
Pennsylvania#161,1481 in 79
Wyoming#16201 in 86
Alaska#1751 in 52
California#174231 in 86
Colorado#171031 in 86
Maryland#171591 in 84
Mississippi#171811 in 102
New Hampshire#17501 in 69
New York#181,0371 in 93
Maine#19831 in 79
Massachusetts#195021 in 72
Connecticut#201681 in 74
Montana#20451 in 89
Alabama#212011 in 129
Delaware#21201 in 75
Georgia#212151 in 129
North Dakota#22611 in 100
Ohio#225141 in 105
Vermont#22311 in 79
Kansas#231371 in 119
Michigan#233331 in 117
Oregon#23531 in 113
South Dakota#23551 in 112
Illinois#245471 in 109
Arkansas#251411 in 130
New Mexico#25371 in 108
Texas#253541 in 159
Indiana#261981 in 136
North Carolina#272441 in 143
South Carolina#271471 in 137
Washington#28771 in 127
Missouri#292151 in 142
Tennessee#301701 in 148
Kentucky#311741 in 155
Oklahoma#311531 in 149
Virginia#311531 in 159
West Virginia#311321 in 140
Nebraska#36771 in 159
Utah#38361 in 138
Wisconsin#441421 in 172
Idaho#45221 in 166
Iowa#451071 in 195
Minnesota#481311 in 169

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 1924

girls
#1,123
48 births · 1 in 26,018 girls
boys
#21
9,880 births · 1 in 115 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #1,123Albert48

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #21Albert9,880
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 26,018 of them was named Albert, which outranked 81.0% of the 5,900 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. #1,114Maybell49
  2. #1,114Vernetta49
  3. #1,114Zettie49
  4. #1,123Albert48
  5. #1,123Allean48
  6. #1,123Arletta48
  7. #1,123Corrie48
  8. #1,138Ardath47
  9. #1,138Charleen47
  10. #1,138Corrinne47

Tied with 14 names at #1,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 115 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #18Henry11,195
  2. #19Kenneth10,355
  3. #20Arthur10,172
  4. #21Albert9,880
  5. #22Harry9,115
  6. #23Ralph8,766
  7. #24David8,758
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →