Algot

Last seen for boys in 1920 at #4,286

Peak · boys
1891 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
53
since 1891

Algot over time

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Rank among boys' names. Algot has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #963, 1891boys
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Algot! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Algot is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #324 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,395 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Algot, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#324 · 1 in 3,395

Best ever in a state: #324 in Minnesota, 1918.

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See more about Algot
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1920
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1891 at #963 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,238
  • Highest: 1 in 20,238 boys born in 1891 were named Algot (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 212,871 boys born in 1920 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 62.3% of all boys named Algot (33) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#963 (1891)#1,019
1900s5#1,310 (1900)#1,310
1910s33#2,273 (1913)#2,834
1920s5#4,286 (1920)#4,286

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.

Algot in 1918

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#2,699
10 births · 1 in 101,348 boys

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #2,699Algot10
More about 1918

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 101,348 of them was named Algot, which outranked 43.9% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Algot
  1. #2,543Wendelin11
  2. #2,543Zachary11
  3. #2,543Zygmund11
  4. #2,699Algot10
  5. #2,699Adams10
  6. #2,699Aldine10
  7. #2,699Alfonza10
  8. #2,882Abie9
  9. #2,882Adalberto9
  10. #2,882Adin9

Tied with 182 names at #2,699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →