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
#14
1910 · 2,183 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedAKMaine: #23 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 99 boysMEVermont: #36 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 137 boysVTNew Hampshire: #19 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 76 boysNHWashington: #46 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 183 boysWAIdaho: #36 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 146 boysIDMontana: #62 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 217 boysMTNorth Dakota: #38 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 153 boysNDMinnesota: #71 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 316 boysMNIllinois: #34 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 188 boysILWisconsin: #66 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 302 boysWIMichigan: #38 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 187 boysMINew York: #33 for boys · 585 births · 1 in 144 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 101 boysMARhode Island: #16 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 60 boysRIOregon: #67 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 277 boysORNevada: #24 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 66 boysNVWyoming: #36 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 132 boysWYSouth Dakota: #57 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 215 boysSDIowa: #82 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 380 boysIAIndiana: #58 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 310 boysINOhio: #38 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 186 boysOHPennsylvania: #25 for boys · 585 births · 1 in 123 boysPANew Jersey: #22 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 99 boysNJConnecticut: #24 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 106 boysCTCalifornia: #24 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 131 boysCAUtah: #64 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 237 boysUTColorado: #25 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 118 boysCONebraska: #88 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 377 boysNEMissouri: #36 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 172 boysMOKentucky: #32 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 169 boysKYWest Virginia: #43 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 221 boysWVVirginia: #41 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 184 boysVAMaryland: #25 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 138 boysMDDelaware: #37 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 159 boysDEArizona: #17 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 89 boysAZNew Mexico: #16 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 80 boysNMKansas: #64 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 248 boysKSArkansas: #35 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 189 boysARTennessee: #38 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 195 boysTNNorth Carolina: #44 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 219 boysNCSouth Carolina: #32 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 165 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #29 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 141 boysDCOklahoma: #47 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 218 boysOKLouisiana: #19 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 106 boysLAMississippi: #20 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 118 boysMSAlabama: #35 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 166 boysALGeorgia: #30 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 156 boysGAHawaii: #17 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 68 boysHITexas: #37 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 210 boysTXFlorida: #27 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 135 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#16 · 1 in 60
  2. New Mexico#16 · 1 in 80
  3. Hawaii#17 · 1 in 68
  4. Arizona#17 · 1 in 89
  5. New Hampshire#19 · 1 in 76

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#16611 in 80
Rhode Island#16711 in 60
Arizona#17451 in 89
Hawaii#17451 in 68
Louisiana#191791 in 106
New Hampshire#19401 in 76
Mississippi#201731 in 118
Massachusetts#212801 in 101
New Jersey#222471 in 99
Maine#23631 in 99
California#242811 in 131
Connecticut#24901 in 106
Nevada#2461 in 66
Colorado#25711 in 118
Maryland#25831 in 138
Pennsylvania#255851 in 123
Florida#27921 in 135
District of Columbia#29301 in 141
Georgia#301831 in 156
Kentucky#321551 in 169
South Carolina#321151 in 165
New York#335851 in 144
Illinois#342761 in 188
Alabama#351661 in 166
Arkansas#35971 in 189
Idaho#36261 in 146
Missouri#361561 in 172
Vermont#36181 in 137
Wyoming#36121 in 132
Delaware#3791 in 159
Texas#372721 in 210
Michigan#382101 in 187
North Dakota#38381 in 153
Ohio#382511 in 186
Tennessee#381341 in 195
Virginia#411191 in 184
West Virginia#43811 in 221
North Carolina#441611 in 219
Washington#46531 in 183
Oklahoma#471001 in 218
South Dakota#57251 in 215
Indiana#58761 in 310
Montana#62181 in 217
Kansas#64541 in 248
Utah#64211 in 237
Wisconsin#66781 in 302
Oregon#67201 in 277
Minnesota#71631 in 316
Iowa#82501 in 380
Nebraska#88271 in 377
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 1935

girls
#1,219
34 births · 1 in 30,841 girls
boys
#31
6,094 births · 1 in 171 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,219Albert34

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #31Albert6,094
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 30,841 of them was named Albert, which outranked 75.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,197Lucie35
  2. #1,197Nathalie35
  3. #1,197Velta35
  4. #1,219Albert34
  5. #1,219Ardelle34
  6. #1,219Arlys34
  7. #1,219Belia34
  8. #1,244Alida33
  9. #1,244Annabel33
  10. #1,244Bernie33

Tied with 24 names at #1,219; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 171 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #28Carl6,693
  2. #29Arthur6,547
  3. #30Willie6,327
  4. #31Albert6,094
  5. #32Ralph6,090
  6. #33Larry5,975
  7. #34Fred5,493
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →