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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #23 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 54 boysAKMaine: #24 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 98 boysMEVermont: #16 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 66 boysVTNew Hampshire: #16 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 64 boysNHWashington: #50 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 206 boysWAIdaho: #117 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 489 boysIDMontana: #39 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 168 boysMTNorth Dakota: #46 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 174 boysNDMinnesota: #62 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 272 boysMNIllinois: #31 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 169 boysILWisconsin: #50 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 227 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 167 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 759 births · 1 in 117 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 105 boysMARhode Island: #15 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 64 boysRIOregon: #30 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 135 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedNVWyoming: #35 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 132 boysWYSouth Dakota: #49 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 195 boysSDIowa: #58 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 250 boysIAIndiana: #37 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 204 boysINOhio: #32 for boys · 277 births · 1 in 166 boysOHPennsylvania: #23 for boys · 677 births · 1 in 109 boysPANew Jersey: #18 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 92 boysNJConnecticut: #26 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 109 boysCTCalifornia: #20 for boys · 295 births · 1 in 120 boysCAUtah: #68 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 257 boysUTColorado: #19 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 88 boysCONebraska: #68 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 281 boysNEMissouri: #40 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 181 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 185 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 187 boysWVVirginia: #37 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 159 boysVAMaryland: #21 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 103 boysMDDelaware: #17 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 77 boysDEArizona: #15 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 76 boysAZNew Mexico: #26 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 119 boysNMKansas: #50 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 199 boysKSArkansas: #29 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 154 boysARTennessee: #35 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 178 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 185 boysNCSouth Carolina: #29 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 150 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #22 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 120 boysDCOklahoma: #47 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 215 boysOKLouisiana: #14 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 91 boysLAMississippi: #18 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 111 boysMSAlabama: #34 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 173 boysALGeorgia: #30 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 145 boysGAHawaii: #19 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 61 boysHITexas: #32 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 183 boysTXFlorida: #24 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 121 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#14 · 1 in 91
  2. Rhode Island#15 · 1 in 64
  3. Arizona#15 · 1 in 76
  4. New Hampshire#16 · 1 in 64
  5. Vermont#16 · 1 in 66

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#142121 in 91
Arizona#15521 in 76
Rhode Island#15711 in 64
New Hampshire#16481 in 64
Vermont#16371 in 66
Delaware#17191 in 77
Mississippi#181791 in 111
New Jersey#182891 in 92
Colorado#19911 in 88
Hawaii#19551 in 61
California#202951 in 120
Maryland#211141 in 103
Massachusetts#212831 in 105
District of Columbia#22321 in 120
Alaska#2351 in 54
Pennsylvania#236771 in 109
Florida#241001 in 121
Maine#24661 in 98
New York#257591 in 117
Connecticut#26921 in 109
New Mexico#26401 in 119
Arkansas#291151 in 154
South Carolina#291261 in 150
Georgia#302011 in 145
Oregon#30391 in 135
Illinois#313061 in 169
Michigan#322251 in 167
Ohio#322771 in 166
Texas#323071 in 183
Kentucky#331421 in 185
Alabama#341601 in 173
Tennessee#351441 in 178
Wyoming#35111 in 132
North Carolina#361841 in 185
Indiana#371131 in 204
Virginia#371411 in 159
West Virginia#37901 in 187
Montana#39211 in 168
Missouri#401531 in 181
North Dakota#46341 in 174
Oklahoma#471011 in 215
South Dakota#49281 in 195
Kansas#50701 in 199
Washington#50441 in 206
Wisconsin#501021 in 227
Iowa#58731 in 250
Minnesota#62731 in 272
Nebraska#68391 in 281
Utah#68181 in 257
Idaho#11771 in 489
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 1932

girls
#1,116
41 births · 1 in 26,028 girls
boys
#26
6,863 births · 1 in 152 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #1,116Albert41

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #26Albert6,863
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 26,028 of them was named Albert, which outranked 78.1% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,097Sibyl42
  2. #1,097Sudie42
  3. #1,097Tiny42
  4. #1,116Albert41
  5. #1,116Arlyne41
  6. #1,116Drucilla41
  7. #1,116Euna41
  8. #1,130Belia40
  9. #1,130Bernetta40
  10. #1,130Dimple40

Tied with 13 names at #1,116; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dian#1,876 → #913
  2. ↑ 519Carleen#1,394 → #875
  3. ↑ 357Jimmy#1,336 → #979
  4. ↑ 347Letty#1,287 → #940
  5. ↑ 340Letitia#1,148 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 350Blossom#970 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 332Luetta#844 → #1,176
  3. ↓ 305Roy#887 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 289Sofia#887 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 282Joretta#463 → #745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 152 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #23Henry7,470
  2. #24Gerald7,347
  3. #25Arthur6,916
  4. #26Albert6,863
  5. #27Ralph6,727
  6. #28Carl6,714
  7. #29Joe6,690
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,418Delano#3,095 → #677
  2. ↑ 969Garner#1,643 → #674
  3. ↑ 868Ronny#1,770 → #902
  4. ↑ 713Darryl#1,693 → #980
  5. ↑ 609Marc#1,589 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 467Jones#959 → #1,426
  2. ↓ 455Hamilton#831 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 393Hyman#697 → #1,090
  4. ↓ 373Davey#983 → #1,356
  5. ↓ 341Hayes#983 → #1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932 →