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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #14, 1910boys
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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
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 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedAKMaine: #24 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 97 boysMEVermont: #42 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 158 boysVTNew Hampshire: #18 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 71 boysNHWashington: #40 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 154 boysWAIdaho: #71 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 246 boysIDMontana: #21 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 100 boysMTNorth Dakota: #38 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 146 boysNDMinnesota: #73 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 297 boysMNIllinois: #27 for boys · 346 births · 1 in 156 boysILWisconsin: #49 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 218 boysWIMichigan: #27 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 140 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 797 births · 1 in 113 boysNYMassachusetts: #19 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 90 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 80 boysRIOregon: #40 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 164 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedNVWyoming: #33 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 111 boysWYSouth Dakota: #35 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 147 boysSDIowa: #54 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 228 boysIAIndiana: #41 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 202 boysINOhio: #28 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 156 boysOHPennsylvania: #21 for boys · 722 births · 1 in 106 boysPANew Jersey: #18 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 93 boysNJConnecticut: #25 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 103 boysCTCalifornia: #20 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 112 boysCAUtah: #55 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 215 boysUTColorado: #23 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 127 boysCONebraska: #56 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 223 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 175 boysMOKentucky: #32 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 167 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 195 boysWVVirginia: #31 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 139 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 90 boysMDDelaware: #22 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 86 boysDEArizona: #17 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 78 boysAZNew Mexico: #29 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 130 boysNMKansas: #43 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 165 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 152 boysARTennessee: #35 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 178 boysTNNorth Carolina: #41 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 204 boysNCSouth Carolina: #34 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 159 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #25 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 125 boysDCOklahoma: #30 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 160 boysOKLouisiana: #16 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 96 boysLAMississippi: #18 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 113 boysMSAlabama: #30 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 151 boysALGeorgia: #26 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 132 boysGAHawaii: #17 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 59 boysHITexas: #31 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 185 boysTXFlorida: #29 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 139 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#16 · 1 in 96
  2. Hawaii#17 · 1 in 59
  3. Arizona#17 · 1 in 78
  4. Maryland#17 · 1 in 90
  5. New Hampshire#18 · 1 in 71

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#161911 in 96
Arizona#17521 in 78
Hawaii#17541 in 59
Maryland#171291 in 90
Mississippi#181611 in 113
New Hampshire#18421 in 71
New Jersey#182931 in 93
Massachusetts#193321 in 90
Rhode Island#19571 in 80
California#203241 in 112
Montana#21381 in 100
Pennsylvania#217221 in 106
Delaware#22171 in 86
Colorado#23671 in 127
Maine#24651 in 97
Connecticut#251041 in 103
District of Columbia#25281 in 125
New York#257971 in 113
Georgia#262071 in 132
Illinois#273461 in 156
Michigan#272791 in 140
Arkansas#281081 in 152
Ohio#283081 in 156
Florida#29811 in 139
New Mexico#29351 in 130
Alabama#301711 in 151
Oklahoma#301351 in 160
Texas#312981 in 185
Virginia#311521 in 139
Kentucky#321481 in 167
Wyoming#33141 in 111
South Carolina#341031 in 159
South Dakota#35381 in 147
Tennessee#351371 in 178
West Virginia#37831 in 195
North Dakota#38401 in 146
Missouri#391551 in 175
Oregon#40331 in 164
Washington#40601 in 154
Indiana#411181 in 202
North Carolina#411551 in 204
Vermont#42161 in 158
Kansas#43871 in 165
Wisconsin#491081 in 218
Iowa#54831 in 228
Utah#55221 in 215
Nebraska#56511 in 223
Idaho#71141 in 246
Minnesota#73671 in 297
Alaska———
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 1931

girls
#1,199
36 births · 1 in 29,576 girls
boys
#24
7,131 births · 1 in 146 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #1,199Albert36

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #24Albert7,131
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 29,576 of them was named Albert, which outranked 75.9% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,175Sharlene37
  2. #1,175Silvia37
  3. #1,175Tommye37
  4. #1,199Albert36
  5. #1,199Angelica36
  6. #1,199Augustine36
  7. #1,199Bonna36
  8. #1,227Arlyne35
  9. #1,227Arnetta35
  10. #1,227Bonny35

Tied with 27 names at #1,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 857Joretta#1,320 → #463
  2. ↑ 519Joetta#1,460 → #941
  3. ↑ 483Sondra#1,031 → #548
  4. ↑ 465Celine#1,460 → #995
  5. ↑ 343Lynne#1,274 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 377Margo#937 → #1,314
  2. ↓ 349Rachael#894 → #1,243
  3. ↓ 317Evelyne#926 → #1,243
  4. ↓ 287Vivien#971 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 283Ardeth#629 → #912

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

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 146 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #21Eugene8,151
  2. #22Henry7,805
  3. #23Arthur7,525
  4. #24Albert7,131
  5. #25Ralph6,960
  6. #26Gerald6,823
  7. #27Ronald6,726
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931 →