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 1949
No state had 5 or more boys named Algie in 1949, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 342,175 of them was named Algie, which outranked 13.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 822 names at #5,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 84,473 of them was named Algie, which outranked 61.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,583Verlyn22
- #1,583Walt22
- #1,583Willy22
- #1,616Algie21
- #1,616Alexis21
- #1,616Ansel21
- #1,616Ashby21
- #1,667Ace20
- #1,667Alvino20
- #1,667Basilio20
Tied with 50 names at #1,616; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.