Algernon
Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 985since 1886
Algernon over time
Rank among boys' names. Algernon has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Algernon! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Algernon is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#559 · 1 in 8,106
- Florida#649 · 1 in 10,098
Best ever in a state: #496 in Florida, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #559 | 5 | 1 in 8,106 |
| Florida | #649 | 5 | 1 in 10,098 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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 Algernon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
- Highest: 1 in 22,157 boys born in 1886 were named Algernon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all boys named Algernon (199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 75 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,500 |
| 1920s | 82 | #2,331 (1923) | #3,255 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,629 (1936) | #3,011 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,337 (1949) | #2,908 |
| 1950s | 100 | #2,033 (1959) | #2,636 |
| 1960s | 102 | #1,894 (1968) | #2,607 |
| 1970s | 199 | #1,603 (1972) | #2,312 |
| 1980s | 156 | #2,367 (1980) | #3,141 |
| 1990s | 100 | #3,166 (1990) | #5,179 |
| 2000s | 37 | #8,173 (2007) | #10,114 |
| 2010s | 27 | #8,139 (2010) | #10,298 |
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.
Algernon in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 55,918 of them was named Algernon, which outranked 72.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,566Valentine30
- #1,566Yosef30
- #1,566Zach30
- #1,603Algernon29
- #1,603Alva29
- #1,603Chirstopher29
- #1,603Columbus29
- #1,648Addison28
- #1,648Adonis28
- #1,648Armond28
Tied with 44 names at #1,603; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.