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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #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 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #59 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 230 boysAKMaine: #58 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 293 boysMEVermont: #43 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 190 boysVTNew Hampshire: #46 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 203 boysNHWashington: #95 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 511 boysWAIdaho: #101 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 490 boysIDMontana: #56 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 284 boysMTNorth Dakota: #137 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 824 boysNDMinnesota: #128 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 990 boysMNIllinois: #69 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 380 boysILWisconsin: #90 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 612 boysWIMichigan: #71 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 401 boysMINew York: #57 for boys · 566 births · 1 in 267 boysNYMassachusetts: #47 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 245 boysMARhode Island: #37 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 157 boysRIOregon: #105 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 580 boysORNevada: #57 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 234 boysNVWyoming: #75 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 332 boysWYSouth Dakota: #124 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 734 boysSDIowa: #131 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 885 boysIAIndiana: #108 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 713 boysINOhio: #75 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 463 boysOHPennsylvania: #42 for boys · 505 births · 1 in 215 boysPANew Jersey: #43 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 191 boysNJConnecticut: #50 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 224 boysCTCalifornia: #52 for boys · 423 births · 1 in 288 boysCAUtah: #121 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 640 boysUTColorado: #56 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 309 boysCONebraska: #139 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 926 boysNEMissouri: #64 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 372 boysMOKentucky: #82 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 447 boysKYWest Virginia: #70 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 392 boysWVVirginia: #62 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 301 boysVAMaryland: #37 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 199 boysMDDelaware: #54 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 239 boysDEArizona: #38 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 178 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 97 boysNMKansas: #131 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 711 boysKSArkansas: #66 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 327 boysARTennessee: #63 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 344 boysTNNorth Carolina: #61 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 287 boysNCSouth Carolina: #48 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 223 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #61 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 279 boysDCOklahoma: #101 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 496 boysOKLouisiana: #28 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 152 boysLAMississippi: #32 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 162 boysMSAlabama: #51 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 264 boysALGeorgia: #47 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 229 boysGAHawaii: #40 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 147 boysHITexas: #58 for boys · 347 births · 1 in 299 boysTXFlorida: #51 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 248 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#23 · 1 in 97
  2. Louisiana#28 · 1 in 152
  3. Mississippi#32 · 1 in 162
  4. Rhode Island#37 · 1 in 157
  5. Maryland#37 · 1 in 199

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#231021 in 97
Louisiana#282331 in 152
Mississippi#321801 in 162
Maryland#371231 in 199
Rhode Island#37511 in 157
Arizona#38561 in 178
Hawaii#40401 in 147
Pennsylvania#425051 in 215
New Jersey#432411 in 191
Vermont#43201 in 190
New Hampshire#46261 in 203
Georgia#471901 in 229
Massachusetts#471941 in 245
South Carolina#481281 in 223
Connecticut#50831 in 224
Alabama#511441 in 264
Florida#511231 in 248
California#524231 in 288
Delaware#54141 in 239
Colorado#56531 in 309
Montana#56241 in 284
Nevada#5761 in 234
New York#575661 in 267
Maine#58321 in 293
Texas#583471 in 299
Alaska#5961 in 230
District of Columbia#61471 in 279
North Carolina#611751 in 287
Virginia#621231 in 301
Tennessee#631141 in 344
Missouri#641121 in 372
Arkansas#66681 in 327
Illinois#692441 in 380
West Virginia#70621 in 392
Michigan#711941 in 401
Ohio#751961 in 463
Wyoming#7591 in 332
Kentucky#82801 in 447
Wisconsin#90641 in 612
Washington#95531 in 511
Idaho#101141 in 490
Oklahoma#101481 in 496
Oregon#105291 in 580
Indiana#108631 in 713
Utah#121151 in 640
South Dakota#124111 in 734
Minnesota#128361 in 990
Iowa#131341 in 885
Kansas#131281 in 711
North Dakota#13791 in 824
Nebraska#139161 in 926

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 1950

girls
#2,002
23 births · 1 in 74,481 girls
boys
#56
5,754 births · 1 in 311 boys

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #2,002Albert23

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #56Albert5,754
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 74,481 of them was named Albert, which outranked 67.2% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #1,955Tami24
  2. #1,955Valda24
  3. #1,955Velinda24
  4. #2,002Albert23
  5. #2,002Alita23
  6. #2,002Annell23
  7. #2,002Annis23
  8. #2,053Adelaida22
  9. #2,053Arnette22
  10. #2,053Artis22

Tied with 50 names at #2,002; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

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

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 311 of them was named Albert, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,196 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. #53Philip6,070
  2. #54Joe6,033
  3. #55Jimmy5,761
  4. #56Albert5,754
  5. #57Billy5,674
  6. #58Eugene5,481
  7. #59Glenn5,465
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →