Algie

Where Algie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Algie.

  • Vowel-ended
Algie through the years
  1. 1870
    Algie Martin Simons born
    American newspaper editor
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys, with 7 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #668
    10 babies named Algie, its best rank.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,079.
  5. 1896
    Algie Eggertsen Ballif born
    American politician
  6. 1910
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Algernon.
Namesakes
  • Algie Eggertsen Ballif · American politician, 1896–1984
  • Algie Martin Simons · American newspaper editor, 1870–1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.