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 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#341 · 1 in 2,796
- Texas#700 · 1 in 7,404
Best ever in a state: #239 in Virginia, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #341 | 7 | 1 in 2,796 |
| Texas | #700 | 5 | 1 in 7,404 |
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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 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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 89,441 of them was named Algie, which outranked 49.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,384Wladyslawa12
- #2,384Wretha12
- #2,384Wynema12
- #2,526Algie11
- #2,526Abby11
- #2,526Adina11
- #2,526Adrian11
- #2,688Adra10
- #2,688Agda10
- #2,688Aiko10
Tied with 161 names at #2,526; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 31,429 of them was named Algie, which outranked 71.2% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,241Vernal28
- #1,241Virginia28
- #1,241Waino28
- #1,265Algie27
- #1,265Alcide27
- #1,265Alice27
- #1,265Ardell27
- #1,306Alwin26
- #1,306Ancil26
- #1,306Arland26
Tied with 40 names at #1,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.