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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #21 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 56 boysAKMaine: #39 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 155 boysMEVermont: #32 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 130 boysVTNew Hampshire: #21 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 90 boysNHWashington: #61 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 302 boysWAIdaho: #78 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 323 boysIDMontana: #93 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 406 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 219 boysNDMinnesota: #83 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 418 boysMNIllinois: #61 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 330 boysILWisconsin: #84 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 470 boysWIMichigan: #42 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 239 boysMINew York: #47 for boys · 586 births · 1 in 201 boysNYMassachusetts: #31 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 131 boysMARhode Island: #24 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 89 boysRIOregon: #72 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 352 boysORNevada: #48 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 142 boysNVWyoming: #34 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 159 boysWYSouth Dakota: #60 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 258 boysSDIowa: #81 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 416 boysIAIndiana: #65 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 361 boysINOhio: #42 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 241 boysOHPennsylvania: #30 for boys · 627 births · 1 in 149 boysPANew Jersey: #25 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 130 boysNJConnecticut: #31 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 139 boysCTCalifornia: #50 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 238 boysCAUtah: #92 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 410 boysUTColorado: #32 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 166 boysCONebraska: #81 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 383 boysNEMissouri: #51 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 257 boysMOKentucky: #51 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 244 boysKYWest Virginia: #44 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 234 boysWVVirginia: #43 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 205 boysVAMaryland: #28 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 157 boysMDDelaware: #32 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 133 boysDEArizona: #26 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 114 boysAZNew Mexico: #19 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 93 boysNMKansas: #63 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 300 boysKSArkansas: #40 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 216 boysARTennessee: #39 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 202 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 224 boysNCSouth Carolina: #36 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 186 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #24 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 141 boysDCOklahoma: #56 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 259 boysOKLouisiana: #24 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 118 boysLAMississippi: #26 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 141 boysMSAlabama: #37 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 190 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 156 boysGAHawaii: #21 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 84 boysHITexas: #45 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 232 boysTXFlorida: #35 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 168 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#19 · 1 in 93
  2. Alaska#21 · 1 in 56
  3. Hawaii#21 · 1 in 84
  4. New Hampshire#21 · 1 in 90
  5. Rhode Island#24 · 1 in 89

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#19651 in 93
Alaska#2181 in 56
Hawaii#21501 in 84
New Hampshire#21451 in 90
District of Columbia#24651 in 141
Louisiana#242221 in 118
Rhode Island#24691 in 89
New Jersey#252871 in 130
Arizona#26531 in 114
Mississippi#261681 in 141
Maryland#281171 in 157
Pennsylvania#306271 in 149
Connecticut#311201 in 139
Georgia#312261 in 156
Massachusetts#313021 in 131
Colorado#32641 in 166
Delaware#32171 in 133
Vermont#32221 in 130
Wyoming#34131 in 159
Florida#351111 in 168
South Carolina#361281 in 186
Alabama#371721 in 190
Maine#39491 in 155
Tennessee#391581 in 202
Arkansas#40971 in 216
Michigan#422421 in 239
Ohio#422831 in 241
Virginia#431441 in 205
West Virginia#44891 in 234
Texas#453041 in 232
North Carolina#461861 in 224
New York#475861 in 201
Nevada#4861 in 142
California#503071 in 238
Kentucky#511231 in 244
Missouri#511311 in 257
North Dakota#52261 in 219
Oklahoma#56831 in 259
South Dakota#60201 in 258
Illinois#612241 in 330
Washington#61581 in 302
Kansas#63511 in 300
Indiana#65951 in 361
Oregon#72291 in 352
Idaho#78151 in 323
Iowa#81551 in 416
Nebraska#81281 in 383
Minnesota#83641 in 418
Wisconsin#84631 in 470
Utah#92171 in 410
Montana#93121 in 406

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 1942

girls
#1,438
32 births · 1 in 42,210 girls
boys
#40
6,496 births · 1 in 213 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #1,438Albert32

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #40Albert6,496
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 42,210 of them was named Albert, which outranked 73.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,413Reatha33
  2. #1,413Roxann33
  3. #1,413Sallye33
  4. #1,438Albert32
  5. #1,438Albertine32
  6. #1,438Alda32
  7. #1,438Andra32
  8. #1,471Adelle31
  9. #1,471Alida31
  10. #1,471Almeta31

Tied with 32 names at #1,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 213 of them was named Albert, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,044 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. #37Willie7,094
  2. #38Ralph6,637
  3. #39Peter6,587
  4. #40Albert6,496
  5. #41Wayne6,484
  6. #42Roy6,311
  7. #43Bobby6,248
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →