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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #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 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedAKMaine: #16 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 71 boysMEVermont: #37 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 128 boysVTNew Hampshire: #14 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 52 boysNHWashington: #31 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 127 boysWAIdaho: #49 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 179 boysIDMontana: #25 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 117 boysMTNorth Dakota: #29 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 113 boysNDMinnesota: #49 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 199 boysMNIllinois: #27 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 136 boysILWisconsin: #58 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 233 boysWIMichigan: #26 for boys · 326 births · 1 in 129 boysMINew York: #19 for boys · 1,066 births · 1 in 92 boysNYMassachusetts: #18 for boys · 464 births · 1 in 73 boysMARhode Island: #15 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 56 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 124 boysORNevada: #9 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 33 boysNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 99 boysWYSouth Dakota: #29 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 119 boysSDIowa: #56 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 225 boysIAIndiana: #29 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 156 boysINOhio: #26 for boys · 397 births · 1 in 133 boysOHPennsylvania: #17 for boys · 1,034 births · 1 in 85 boysPANew Jersey: #18 for boys · 369 births · 1 in 81 boysNJConnecticut: #18 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 72 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 104 boysCAUtah: #43 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 152 boysUTColorado: #18 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 101 boysCONebraska: #37 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 170 boysNEMissouri: #26 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 136 boysMOKentucky: #28 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 147 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 146 boysWVVirginia: #35 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 163 boysVAMaryland: #14 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 70 boysMDDelaware: #23 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 84 boysDEArizona: #18 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 92 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 116 boysNMKansas: #32 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 144 boysKSArkansas: #30 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 152 boysARTennessee: #31 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 146 boysTNNorth Carolina: #31 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 160 boysNCSouth Carolina: #29 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 144 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #21 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 96 boysDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 164 boysOKLouisiana: #14 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 84 boysLAMississippi: #19 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 119 boysMSAlabama: #23 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 132 boysALGeorgia: #19 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 114 boysGAHawaii: #12 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 54 boysHITexas: #29 for boys · 347 births · 1 in 164 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 99 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#9 · 1 in 33
  2. Hawaii#12 · 1 in 54
  3. New Hampshire#14 · 1 in 52
  4. Maryland#14 · 1 in 70
  5. Louisiana#14 · 1 in 84

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#9111 in 33
Hawaii#12601 in 54
Louisiana#142431 in 84
Maryland#141801 in 70
New Hampshire#14631 in 52
Rhode Island#15961 in 56
Maine#16871 in 71
Pennsylvania#171,0341 in 85
Arizona#18441 in 92
Colorado#18811 in 101
Connecticut#181661 in 72
Florida#181471 in 99
Massachusetts#184641 in 73
New Jersey#183691 in 81
Georgia#192501 in 114
Mississippi#191741 in 119
New York#191,0661 in 92
District of Columbia#21361 in 96
California#223601 in 104
Wyoming#22161 in 99
Alabama#232141 in 132
Delaware#23171 in 84
New Mexico#23361 in 116
Montana#25331 in 117
Michigan#263261 in 129
Missouri#262141 in 136
Ohio#263971 in 133
Illinois#274331 in 136
Kentucky#281811 in 147
Indiana#291661 in 156
North Dakota#29551 in 113
Oregon#29471 in 124
South Carolina#291281 in 144
South Dakota#29471 in 119
Texas#293471 in 164
West Virginia#291251 in 146
Arkansas#301191 in 152
North Carolina#312191 in 160
Tennessee#311711 in 146
Washington#31741 in 127
Kansas#321061 in 144
Oklahoma#341401 in 164
Virginia#351421 in 163
Nebraska#37691 in 170
Vermont#37201 in 128
Utah#43321 in 152
Idaho#49201 in 179
Minnesota#491061 in 199
Iowa#56881 in 225
Wisconsin#581051 in 233
Alaska———

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 1927

girls
#800
82 births · 1 in 14,542 girls
boys
#23
9,128 births · 1 in 123 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #800Albert82

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #23Albert9,128
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 14,542 of them was named Albert, which outranked 85.7% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #792Vincenza84
  2. #798Caryl83
  3. #798Mozell83
  4. #800Albert82
  5. #800Arthur82
  6. #800Carla82
  7. #800Evalyn82
  8. #810Bernardine81
  9. #810Bettylou81
  10. #810Marilou81

Tied with 9 names at #800; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 123 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #20Eugene9,742
  2. #21David9,426
  3. #22Arthur9,338
  4. #23Albert9,128
  5. #24Ralph8,434
  6. #25Harry8,019
  7. #26Carl7,277
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →