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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #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 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #6 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 30 boysAKMaine: #34 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 159 boysMEVermont: #42 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 145 boysVTNew Hampshire: #47 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 207 boysNHWashington: #56 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 250 boysWAIdaho: #65 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 268 boysIDMontana: #44 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 175 boysMTNorth Dakota: #70 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 279 boysNDMinnesota: #90 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 432 boysMNIllinois: #40 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 216 boysILWisconsin: #62 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 299 boysWIMichigan: #40 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 200 boysMINew York: #33 for boys · 568 births · 1 in 155 boysNYMassachusetts: #26 for boys · 235 births · 1 in 122 boysMARhode Island: #23 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 89 boysRIOregon: #59 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 242 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedNVWyoming: #52 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 202 boysWYSouth Dakota: #52 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 221 boysSDIowa: #73 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 352 boysIAIndiana: #48 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 243 boysINOhio: #39 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 220 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 584 births · 1 in 130 boysPANew Jersey: #24 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 122 boysNJConnecticut: #24 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 116 boysCTCalifornia: #30 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 155 boysCAUtah: #49 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 203 boysUTColorado: #34 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 164 boysCONebraska: #75 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 345 boysNEMissouri: #50 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 214 boysMOKentucky: #41 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 226 boysKYWest Virginia: #54 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 266 boysWVVirginia: #45 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 222 boysVAMaryland: #24 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 130 boysMDDelaware: #29 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 119 boysDEArizona: #24 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 122 boysAZNew Mexico: #36 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 135 boysNMKansas: #67 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 301 boysKSArkansas: #49 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 246 boysARTennessee: #41 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 205 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 232 boysNCSouth Carolina: #40 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 180 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #30 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 165 boysDCOklahoma: #55 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 251 boysOKLouisiana: #19 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 105 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 129 boysMSAlabama: #31 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 158 boysALGeorgia: #33 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 166 boysGAHawaii: #28 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 102 boysHITexas: #40 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 218 boysTXFlorida: #33 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 157 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#6 · 1 in 30
  2. Louisiana#19 · 1 in 105
  3. Rhode Island#23 · 1 in 89
  4. Connecticut#24 · 1 in 116
  5. Arizona#24 · 1 in 122

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#6121 in 30
Louisiana#192031 in 105
Rhode Island#23501 in 89
Arizona#24401 in 122
Connecticut#24901 in 116
Maryland#24961 in 130
Mississippi#241661 in 129
New Jersey#242081 in 122
Massachusetts#262351 in 122
Pennsylvania#275841 in 130
Hawaii#28321 in 102
Delaware#29141 in 119
California#303031 in 155
District of Columbia#30321 in 165
Alabama#311741 in 158
Florida#33881 in 157
Georgia#331781 in 166
New York#335681 in 155
Colorado#34571 in 164
Maine#34391 in 159
New Mexico#36421 in 135
Ohio#392401 in 220
Illinois#402641 in 216
Michigan#402221 in 200
South Carolina#401081 in 180
Texas#402721 in 218
Kentucky#411241 in 226
Tennessee#411311 in 205
Vermont#42171 in 145
Montana#44251 in 175
Virginia#451051 in 222
North Carolina#461541 in 232
New Hampshire#47151 in 207
Indiana#481111 in 243
Arkansas#49741 in 246
Utah#49261 in 203
Missouri#501301 in 214
South Dakota#52221 in 221
Wyoming#5291 in 202
West Virginia#54721 in 266
Oklahoma#55841 in 251
Washington#56471 in 250
Oregon#59291 in 242
Wisconsin#62831 in 299
Idaho#65171 in 268
Kansas#67441 in 301
North Dakota#70191 in 279
Iowa#73571 in 352
Nebraska#75291 in 345
Minnesota#90521 in 432
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 1938

girls
#1,475
26 births · 1 in 42,441 girls
boys
#37
5,796 births · 1 in 191 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #1,475Albert26

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #37Albert5,796
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 42,441 of them was named Albert, which outranked 70.5% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,437Sherri27
  2. #1,437Sherron27
  3. #1,437Trudie27
  4. #1,475Albert26
  5. #1,475Alida26
  6. #1,475Ardath26
  7. #1,475Augustina26
  8. #1,505Adelle25
  9. #1,505Albertine25
  10. #1,505Allean25

Tied with 29 names at #1,475; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

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

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 191 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.1% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #34Willie6,081
  2. #35Ralph6,013
  3. #36Lawrence5,873
  4. #37Albert5,796
  5. #38Fred5,768
  6. #39Daniel5,583
  7. #40Wayne5,226
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
  2. ↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
  3. ↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
  4. ↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
  5. ↑ 383Lance#722 → #339
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
  3. ↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
  5. ↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →