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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #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 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedAKMaine: #26 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 111 boysMEVermont: #25 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 97 boysVTNew Hampshire: #22 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 95 boysNHWashington: #45 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 198 boysWAIdaho: #85 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 350 boysIDMontana: #82 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 321 boysMTNorth Dakota: #41 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 180 boysNDMinnesota: #64 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 307 boysMNIllinois: #43 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 228 boysILWisconsin: #63 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 316 boysWIMichigan: #47 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 239 boysMINew York: #30 for boys · 566 births · 1 in 151 boysNYMassachusetts: #28 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 125 boysMARhode Island: #20 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 71 boysRIOregon: #57 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 252 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedNVWyoming: #50 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 185 boysWYSouth Dakota: #63 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 250 boysSDIowa: #88 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 430 boysIAIndiana: #58 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 299 boysINOhio: #37 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 208 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 538 births · 1 in 137 boysPANew Jersey: #24 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 112 boysNJConnecticut: #27 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 131 boysCTCalifornia: #31 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 158 boysCAUtah: #75 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 301 boysUTColorado: #33 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 158 boysCONebraska: #76 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 336 boysNEMissouri: #49 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 218 boysMOKentucky: #41 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 226 boysKYWest Virginia: #63 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 309 boysWVVirginia: #44 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 207 boysVAMaryland: #20 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 116 boysMDDelaware: #54 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 275 boysDEArizona: #26 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 116 boysAZNew Mexico: #29 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 117 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 214 boysKSArkansas: #32 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 172 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 195 boysTNNorth Carolina: #39 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 206 boysNCSouth Carolina: #33 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 169 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #25 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 145 boysDCOklahoma: #42 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 196 boysOKLouisiana: #22 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 111 boysLAMississippi: #25 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 139 boysMSAlabama: #35 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 191 boysALGeorgia: #33 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 165 boysGAHawaii: #24 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 75 boysHITexas: #34 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 186 boysTXFlorida: #36 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 156 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#20 · 1 in 71
  2. Maryland#20 · 1 in 116
  3. New Hampshire#22 · 1 in 95
  4. Louisiana#22 · 1 in 111
  5. Hawaii#24 · 1 in 75

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#201011 in 116
Rhode Island#20611 in 71
Louisiana#221811 in 111
New Hampshire#22321 in 95
Hawaii#24411 in 75
New Jersey#242201 in 112
District of Columbia#25341 in 145
Mississippi#251491 in 139
Vermont#25251 in 97
Arizona#26391 in 116
Maine#26561 in 111
Connecticut#27761 in 131
Pennsylvania#275381 in 137
Massachusetts#282271 in 125
New Mexico#29471 in 117
New York#305661 in 151
California#312731 in 158
Arkansas#321021 in 172
Colorado#33571 in 158
Georgia#331761 in 165
South Carolina#331141 in 169
Texas#343051 in 186
Alabama#351451 in 191
Florida#36821 in 156
Ohio#372411 in 208
North Carolina#391701 in 206
Tennessee#401321 in 195
Kentucky#411141 in 226
North Dakota#41301 in 180
Oklahoma#421021 in 196
Illinois#432371 in 228
Virginia#441071 in 207
Washington#45551 in 198
Michigan#471751 in 239
Missouri#491221 in 218
Wyoming#5091 in 185
Kansas#53611 in 214
Delaware#5461 in 275
Oregon#57261 in 252
Indiana#58851 in 299
South Dakota#63191 in 250
West Virginia#63601 in 309
Wisconsin#63761 in 316
Minnesota#64691 in 307
Utah#75171 in 301
Nebraska#76291 in 336
Montana#82131 in 321
Idaho#85121 in 350
Iowa#88451 in 430
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 1937

girls
#1,355
29 births · 1 in 36,691 girls
boys
#37
5,665 births · 1 in 188 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,355Albert29

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #37Albert5,665
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 36,691 of them was named Albert, which outranked 72.5% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,330Suellen30
  2. #1,330Vella30
  3. #1,330Verline30
  4. #1,355Albert29
  5. #1,355Albina29
  6. #1,355Angelica29
  7. #1,355Ardath29
  8. #1,389Christeen28
  9. #1,389Clarene28
  10. #1,389Conchita28

Tied with 33 names at #1,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 188 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.1% of the 4,020 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. #34Ralph5,923
  2. #35Fred5,738
  3. #36Roger5,713
  4. #37Albert5,665
  5. #38Lawrence5,507
  6. #39Daniel5,124
  7. #40Roy4,890
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,923Tyrone#2,629 → #706
  2. ↑ 558Lamont#1,540 → #982
  3. ↑ 540Lary#1,540 → #1,000
  4. ↑ 416Errol#906 → #490
  5. ↑ 399Levon#1,356 → #957
Fallers
  1. ↓ 492Gaston#989 → #1,481
  2. ↓ 461Gorden#827 → #1,288
  3. ↓ 432Sergio#940 → #1,372
  4. ↓ 371Landon#422 → #793
  5. ↓ 347Harlen#747 → #1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →