Algie
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to boys 80.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,529since 1880
Algie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | — | #1,538 | 25 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #1,354 | 25 |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #1,330 | 25 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Algie was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Algie is popular in 1880
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Algie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 512 spots in 1910 (#1,440 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 457 spots in 1913 (#854 → #1,311)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #668 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1883–1886
- Highest: 1 in 11,577 boys born in 1894 were named Algie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 18.4% of all boys named Algie (282) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1909, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #722 (1889) | #832 |
| 1890s | 34 | #668 (1894) | #896 |
| 1900s | 52 | #779 (1901) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 232 | #854 (1912) | #1,184 |
| 1920s | 282 | #1,226 (1921) | #1,398 |
| 1930s | 217 | #1,236 (1932) | #1,502 |
| 1940s | 214 | #1,378 (1945) | #1,531 |
| 1950s | 195 | #1,499 (1950) | #1,796 |
| 1960s | 112 | #1,900 (1964) | #2,662 |
| 1970s | 84 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,708 |
| 1980s | 53 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,076 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,177 |
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.
Algie in 1880
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 15,784 of them was named Algie, which outranked 29.6% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).