Albion

#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births

Peak · boys
1881 · 7 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
724
since 1880

Albion over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Albion has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #706, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,2439
2024#12,3495
2023#8,2559
2022#12,3305
2021—
2020#6,62012
2019#7,64310
2018#6,34513
2017#12,2465
2016#8,8168
2015#8,7448
2014#8,7818
2013#7,02611
2012#8,1589
2011#5,94514
2010#6,35913
2009#7,23611
2008#7,18711
2007#8,1739
2006#7,42710
2005#7,6409
2004#8,1438
2003#10,8945
2002#7,0559
2001#10,5565
2000#10,3495
1999#8,7046
1998—
1997#9,2655
1996—
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1987—
1986#6,7215
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1977—
1976#5,5875
1975—
1974—
1973#4,5056
1972—
1971#4,9075
1970—
1969#4,4045
1968—
1967#3,9665
1966#3,2497
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1956#3,2167
1955—
1954#3,4526
1953#3,7985
1952#3,3736
1951#2,49510
1950—
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1948—
1947#3,3706
1946#2,9197
1945#2,7437
1944#3,4305
1943#3,2316
1942—
1941—
1940#3,1306
1939#3,1136
1938—
1937#3,5185
1936—
1935#3,2526
1934#2,7428
1933#2,5429
1932#2,31311
1931#2,6519
1930#2,44411
1929#2,31712
1928#2,8439
1927#2,9129
1926#2,18614
1925#1,87018
1924#2,82210
1923#2,44612
1922#2,24014
1921#1,47526
1920#2,05216
1919#2,38512
1918#1,99816
1917#1,69319
1916#1,77117
1915#2,18412
1914#1,68714
1913#1,36515
1912#1,8858
1911—
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1909#1,4405
1908—
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1906#1,1116
1905#1,2335
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1895#1,0795
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1893#9076
1892#9566
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1886—
1885#9365
1884#7647
1883—
1882#7547
1881#7067
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Albion was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Albion is popular in 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #348 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,187 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Albion, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#348 · 1 in 7,187

Best ever in a state: #164 in Maine, 1933.

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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 Albion
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4,106 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #8,243)
  • 1,623 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #8,243)
  • 501 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #8,243)
  • Biggest jump: 103 spots in 1881 (#809 → #706)
  • Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1885 (#764 → #936)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1880–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,391
  • Highest: 1 in 14,391 boys born in 1881 were named Albion (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.3% of all boys named Albion (140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#706 (1881)#794
1890s17#907 (1893)#981
1900s16#1,111 (1906)#1,261
1910s113#1,365 (1913)#1,871
1920s140#1,475 (1921)#2,316
1930s65#2,313 (1932)#2,822
1940s37#2,743 (1945)#3,137
1950s34#2,495 (1951)#3,267
1960s17#3,249 (1966)#3,873
1970s16#4,505 (1973)#5,000
1980s5#6,721 (1986)#6,721
1990s11#8,704 (1999)#8,985
2000s82#7,055 (2002)#8,466
2010s99#5,945 (2011)#8,006
2020s40#6,620 (2020)#9,559

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.

Albion in 1924

boys
#2,822
10 births · 1 in 113,274 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #2,822Albion10
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 113,274 of them was named Albion, which outranked 43.2% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Albion
  1. #2,641Wiliam11
  2. #2,641Winferd11
  3. #2,641Woodard11
  4. #2,822Albion10
  5. #2,822Abbott10
  6. #2,822Antonino10
  7. #2,822Aris10
  8. #3,023Adalberto9
  9. #3,023Adolpho9
  10. #3,023Alvey9

Tied with 200 names at #2,822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →