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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedAKMaine: #52 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 233 boysMEVermont: #74 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 361 boysVTNew Hampshire: #35 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 151 boysNHWashington: #93 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 474 boysWAIdaho: #138 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 755 boysIDMontana: #99 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 498 boysMTNorth Dakota: #96 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 497 boysNDMinnesota: #120 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 700 boysMNIllinois: #61 for boys · 295 births · 1 in 316 boysILWisconsin: #141 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,222 boysWIMichigan: #69 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 374 boysMINew York: #56 for boys · 592 births · 1 in 267 boysNYMassachusetts: #41 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 190 boysMARhode Island: #25 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 107 boysRIOregon: #93 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 458 boysORNevada: #37 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 143 boysNVWyoming: #101 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 472 boysWYSouth Dakota: #112 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 597 boysSDIowa: #115 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 704 boysIAIndiana: #78 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 490 boysINOhio: #66 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 382 boysOHPennsylvania: #36 for boys · 596 births · 1 in 199 boysPANew Jersey: #39 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 186 boysNJConnecticut: #41 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 189 boysCTCalifornia: #55 for boys · 427 births · 1 in 280 boysCAUtah: #132 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 706 boysUTColorado: #59 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 291 boysCONebraska: #85 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 471 boysNEMissouri: #65 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 329 boysMOKentucky: #82 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 442 boysKYWest Virginia: #68 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 364 boysWVVirginia: #50 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 254 boysVAMaryland: #30 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 170 boysMDDelaware: #49 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 219 boysDEArizona: #27 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 118 boysAZNew Mexico: #29 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 123 boysNMKansas: #82 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 402 boysKSArkansas: #50 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 245 boysARTennessee: #62 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 326 boysTNNorth Carolina: #57 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 279 boysNCSouth Carolina: #47 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 218 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #40 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 205 boysDCOklahoma: #67 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 336 boysOKLouisiana: #32 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 155 boysLAMississippi: #33 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 161 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 239 boysALGeorgia: #46 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 229 boysGAHawaii: #43 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 149 boysHITexas: #54 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 273 boysTXFlorida: #44 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 212 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#25 · 1 in 107
  2. Arizona#27 · 1 in 118
  3. New Mexico#29 · 1 in 123
  4. Maryland#30 · 1 in 170
  5. Louisiana#32 · 1 in 155

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#25791 in 107
Arizona#27781 in 118
New Mexico#29731 in 123
Maryland#301511 in 170
Louisiana#322191 in 155
Mississippi#331811 in 161
New Hampshire#35401 in 151
Pennsylvania#365961 in 199
Nevada#37111 in 143
New Jersey#392661 in 186
District of Columbia#40611 in 205
Connecticut#411111 in 189
Massachusetts#412751 in 190
Hawaii#43411 in 149
Florida#441361 in 212
Alabama#461671 in 239
Georgia#461971 in 229
South Carolina#471321 in 218
Delaware#49151 in 219
Arkansas#50981 in 245
Virginia#501511 in 254
Maine#52461 in 233
Texas#543591 in 273
California#554271 in 280
New York#565921 in 267
North Carolina#571911 in 279
Colorado#59531 in 291
Illinois#612951 in 316
Tennessee#621291 in 326
Missouri#651331 in 329
Ohio#662481 in 382
Oklahoma#67741 in 336
West Virginia#68721 in 364
Michigan#692041 in 374
Vermont#74111 in 361
Indiana#78921 in 490
Kansas#82501 in 402
Kentucky#82851 in 442
Nebraska#85311 in 471
Oregon#93371 in 458
Washington#93581 in 474
North Dakota#96151 in 497
Montana#99131 in 498
Wyoming#10161 in 472
South Dakota#112121 in 597
Iowa#115431 in 704
Minnesota#120501 in 700
Utah#132141 in 706
Idaho#13891 in 755
Wisconsin#141321 in 1,222
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 1947

girls
#2,146
21 births · 1 in 84,417 girls
boys
#55
6,462 births · 1 in 283 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #2,146Albert21

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #55Albert6,462
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 84,417 of them was named Albert, which outranked 64.8% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #2,089Venice22
  2. #2,089Vernelle22
  3. #2,089Zulema22
  4. #2,146Albert21
  5. #2,146Allana21
  6. #2,146Amie21
  7. #2,146Annamae21
  8. #2,200Alayne20
  9. #2,200Alexia20
  10. #2,200Alix20

Tied with 53 names at #2,146; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 283 of them was named Albert, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #52Timothy6,747
  2. #53Patrick6,622
  3. #54Harry6,515
  4. #55Albert6,462
  5. #56Fred6,392
  6. #57Philip6,235
  7. #58Steve6,231
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →