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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #83 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 341 boysAKMaine: #94 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 551 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #78 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 483 boysNHWashington: #172 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,155 boysWAIdaho: #190 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,071 boysIDMontana: #179 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 996 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #183 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,933 boysMNIllinois: #110 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 638 boysILWisconsin: #179 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,773 boysWIMichigan: #112 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 706 boysMINew York: #73 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 460 boysNYMassachusetts: #71 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 518 boysMARhode Island: #57 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 374 boysRIOregon: #203 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,358 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Albert, so not publishedNVWyoming: #69 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 274 boysWYSouth Dakota: #163 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 968 boysSDIowa: #231 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,255 boysIAIndiana: #150 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,046 boysINOhio: #108 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 705 boysOHPennsylvania: #80 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 512 boysPANew Jersey: #62 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 402 boysNJConnecticut: #74 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 488 boysCTCalifornia: #87 for boys · 344 births · 1 in 486 boysCAUtah: #172 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,046 boysUTColorado: #111 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 556 boysCONebraska: #207 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,846 boysNEMissouri: #160 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 937 boysMOKentucky: #139 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 904 boysKYWest Virginia: #129 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 858 boysWVVirginia: #97 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 569 boysVAMaryland: #89 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 514 boysMDDelaware: #63 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 352 boysDEArizona: #74 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 353 boysAZNew Mexico: #63 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 251 boysNMKansas: #178 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,190 boysKSArkansas: #180 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 995 boysARTennessee: #158 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 987 boysTNNorth Carolina: #109 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 603 boysNCSouth Carolina: #148 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 771 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #88 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 456 boysDCOklahoma: #179 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,077 boysOKLouisiana: #85 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 382 boysLAMississippi: #72 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 315 boysMSAlabama: #107 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 557 boysALGeorgia: #101 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 476 boysGAHawaii: #81 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 345 boysHITexas: #82 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 368 boysTXFlorida: #103 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 510 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#57 · 1 in 374
  2. New Jersey#62 · 1 in 402
  3. New Mexico#63 · 1 in 251
  4. Delaware#63 · 1 in 352
  5. Wyoming#69 · 1 in 274

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#57191 in 374
New Jersey#621311 in 402
Delaware#63121 in 352
New Mexico#63351 in 251
Wyoming#6981 in 274
Massachusetts#71881 in 518
Mississippi#72641 in 315
New York#733211 in 460
Arizona#74411 in 353
Connecticut#74461 in 488
New Hampshire#78111 in 483
Pennsylvania#801771 in 512
Hawaii#81171 in 345
Texas#822781 in 368
Alaska#8381 in 341
Louisiana#85901 in 382
California#873441 in 486
District of Columbia#88261 in 456
Maryland#89541 in 514
Maine#94141 in 551
Virginia#97641 in 569
Georgia#101861 in 476
Florida#103931 in 510
Alabama#107521 in 557
Ohio#1081281 in 705
North Carolina#109721 in 603
Illinois#1101431 in 638
Colorado#111321 in 556
Michigan#1121081 in 706
West Virginia#129161 in 858
Kentucky#139301 in 904
South Carolina#148291 in 771
Indiana#150421 in 1,046
Tennessee#158331 in 987
Missouri#160391 in 937
South Dakota#16351 in 968
Utah#172101 in 1,046
Washington#172231 in 1,155
Kansas#178131 in 1,190
Montana#17951 in 996
Oklahoma#179171 in 1,077
Wisconsin#179201 in 1,773
Arkansas#180151 in 995
Minnesota#183161 in 1,933
Idaho#19051 in 1,071
Oregon#203111 in 1,358
Nebraska#20761 in 1,846
Iowa#231101 in 2,255
Nevada———
North Dakota———
Vermont———

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 1968

girls
#2,538
24 births · 1 in 68,350 girls
boys
#103
2,918 births · 1 in 596 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #2,538Albert24

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #103Albert2,918
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 68,350 of them was named Albert, which outranked 69.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #2,482Tonnette25
  2. #2,482Valrie25
  3. #2,482Wenda25
  4. #2,538Albert24
  5. #2,538Adelita24
  6. #2,538Ammie24
  7. #2,538Andera24
  8. #2,630Aaron23
  9. #2,630Albertina23
  10. #2,630Alita23

Tied with 91 names at #2,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 596 of them was named Albert, which outranked 97.8% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albert
  1. #100Allen2,961
  2. #101Victor2,940
  3. #102Brent2,919
  4. #103Albert2,918
  5. #104Chad2,917
  6. #105Brett2,901
  7. #106Lee2,868
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →