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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #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 1948

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #38 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 145 boysAKMaine: #40 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 169 boysMEVermont: #67 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 328 boysVTNew Hampshire: #36 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 161 boysNHWashington: #89 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 463 boysWAIdaho: #98 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 482 boysIDMontana: #103 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 522 boysMTNorth Dakota: #113 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 609 boysNDMinnesota: #113 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 665 boysMNIllinois: #66 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 352 boysILWisconsin: #110 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 794 boysWIMichigan: #70 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 399 boysMINew York: #51 for boys · 626 births · 1 in 237 boysNYMassachusetts: #43 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 209 boysMARhode Island: #29 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 128 boysRIOregon: #94 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 490 boysORNevada: #58 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 221 boysNVWyoming: #61 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 283 boysWYSouth Dakota: #70 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 331 boysSDIowa: #113 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 673 boysIAIndiana: #83 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 507 boysINOhio: #55 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 306 boysOHPennsylvania: #36 for boys · 562 births · 1 in 195 boysPANew Jersey: #39 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 187 boysNJConnecticut: #44 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 207 boysCTCalifornia: #61 for boys · 401 births · 1 in 293 boysCAUtah: #134 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 671 boysUTColorado: #57 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 265 boysCONebraska: #89 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 461 boysNEMissouri: #75 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 405 boysMOKentucky: #73 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 372 boysKYWest Virginia: #66 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 341 boysWVVirginia: #64 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 310 boysVAMaryland: #34 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 189 boysMDDelaware: #34 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 155 boysDEArizona: #37 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 159 boysAZNew Mexico: #24 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 105 boysNMKansas: #100 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 535 boysKSArkansas: #50 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 272 boysARTennessee: #66 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 365 boysTNNorth Carolina: #63 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 296 boysNCSouth Carolina: #44 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 201 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #58 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 268 boysDCOklahoma: #84 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 403 boysOKLouisiana: #28 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 147 boysLAMississippi: #33 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 172 boysMSAlabama: #43 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 236 boysALGeorgia: #48 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 247 boysGAHawaii: #70 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 242 boysHITexas: #54 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 261 boysTXFlorida: #44 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 210 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#24 · 1 in 105
  2. Louisiana#28 · 1 in 147
  3. Rhode Island#29 · 1 in 128
  4. Mississippi#33 · 1 in 172
  5. Delaware#34 · 1 in 155

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#24861 in 105
Louisiana#282311 in 147
Rhode Island#29631 in 128
Mississippi#331651 in 172
Delaware#34201 in 155
Maryland#341271 in 189
New Hampshire#36351 in 161
Pennsylvania#365621 in 195
Arizona#37581 in 159
Alaska#3881 in 145
New Jersey#392431 in 187
Maine#40581 in 169
Alabama#431651 in 236
Massachusetts#432311 in 209
Connecticut#44931 in 207
Florida#441351 in 210
South Carolina#441401 in 201
Georgia#481771 in 247
Arkansas#50841 in 272
New York#516261 in 237
Texas#543751 in 261
Ohio#552921 in 306
Colorado#57591 in 265
District of Columbia#58461 in 268
Nevada#5861 in 221
California#614011 in 293
Wyoming#61101 in 283
North Carolina#631741 in 296
Virginia#641191 in 310
Illinois#662501 in 352
Tennessee#661081 in 365
West Virginia#66731 in 341
Vermont#67121 in 328
Hawaii#70251 in 242
Michigan#701841 in 399
South Dakota#70221 in 331
Kentucky#73971 in 372
Missouri#751011 in 405
Indiana#83861 in 507
Oklahoma#84581 in 403
Nebraska#89311 in 461
Washington#89571 in 463
Oregon#94331 in 490
Idaho#98141 in 482
Kansas#100361 in 535
Montana#103121 in 522
Wisconsin#110481 in 794
Iowa#113431 in 673
Minnesota#113511 in 665
North Dakota#113121 in 609
Utah#134141 in 671

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 1948

girls
#1,858
26 births · 1 in 65,304 girls
boys
#55
6,156 births · 1 in 285 boys

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #1,858Albert26

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
  11. #55Albert6,156
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 65,304 of them was named Albert, which outranked 69.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,820Teresia27
  2. #1,820Teryl27
  3. #1,820Thalia27
  4. #1,858Albert26
  5. #1,858Alethea26
  6. #1,858Arletha26
  7. #1,858Azalee26
  8. #1,901Aimee25
  9. #1,901Allen25
  10. #1,901Barrie25

Tied with 42 names at #1,858; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 555Shawn#1,510 → #955
  2. ↑ 549Regena#1,488 → #939
  3. ↑ 491Regenia#1,255 → #764
  4. ↑ 460Mickie#1,228 → #768
  5. ↑ 413Shirleen#1,377 → #964
Fallers
  1. ↓ 408Michaele#859 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 358Marge#969 → #1,327
  3. ↓ 334Ilona#875 → #1,209
  4. ↓ 282Trudi#875 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 248Marylyn#909 → #1,157

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

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 285 of them was named Albert, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #52Johnny6,862
  2. #53Billy6,220
  3. #54Philip6,162
  4. #55Albert6,156
  5. #56Dale6,091
  6. #57Harry5,945
  7. #58Jeffrey5,929
Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Arnulfo#1,316 → #802
  2. ↑ 422Lucio#1,394 → #972
  3. ↑ 377Isidro#1,190 → #813
  4. ↑ 363Shawn#923 → #560
  5. ↑ 331Aurelio#1,233 → #902
Fallers
  1. ↓ 400Marshal#1,000 → #1,400
  2. ↓ 390Robby#906 → #1,296
  3. ↓ 333Frances#923 → #1,256
  4. ↓ 324Deane#836 → #1,160
  5. ↓ 321Lenwood#975 → #1,296

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

See the top 100 for 1948 →