boys' name ★ peaked 1921

Albert

Meaning noble Gender Boy · 1% girls Rank 2025 #614 Trend ↓ Falling 19%

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin…

Rank 2025
#614
among boys · ↓7 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
461
named Albert · -2% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,705
boys born in 2025
Peak year
1921
10,204 babies
All-time total
494,420
#65 all-time among boys
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Albert popularity over time

494,420 babies have been named Albert since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 54 14,375 14,429 1,443 – #16
1890s 97 13,753 13,850 1,385 -4% #15
1900s 84 15,318 15,402 1,540 +11% #15
1910s 284 68,207 68,491 6,849 +345% #14
1920s 540 94,431 94,971 9,497 +39% #19
1930s 359 62,829 63,188 6,319 -33% #24
1940s 283 60,278 60,561 6,056 -4% #40
1950s 254 52,829 53,083 5,308 -12% #56
1960s 207 36,379 36,586 3,659 -31% #93
1970s 206 22,112 22,318 2,232 -39% #107
1980s 131 18,503 18,634 1,863 -17% #140
1990s 54 13,932 13,986 1,399 -25% #167
2000s 6 9,109 9,115 912 -35% #280
2010s – 6,882 6,882 688 -24% #392
2020s (to 2025) – 2,924 2,924 487 -29% #523

Where Albert is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 444 0.26 outside top 500
2027 430 0.25 outside top 500
2028 419 0.25 outside top 500
2029 409 0.24 outside top 500
2030 401 0.23 outside top 500

Where Albert is most popular

Boys named Albert per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.275 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, New York, and Massachusetts.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Albert born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Hawaii 10 0.644 +134%
New York 240 0.554 +101%
Massachusetts 71 0.516 +88%
Connecticut 33 0.487 +77%
Washington 70 0.428 +55%
Pennsylvania 110 0.414 +51%
California 378 0.414 +50%
New Jersey 83 0.412 +50%
Maryland 40 0.335 +22%
Oregon 24 0.316 +15%
Missouri 43 0.310 +13%
Wisconsin 36 0.304 +10%
Ohio 77 0.291 +6%
Virginia 55 0.290 +5%
Texas 250 0.284 ≈ national
Florida 128 0.270 ≈ national
Mississippi 15 0.264 ≈ national
Arizona 41 0.251 -9%
Illinois 64 0.250 -9%
North Carolina 63 0.247 -10%
Louisiana 25 0.244 -11%
Michigan 49 0.239 -13%
Minnesota 29 0.236 -14%
Nevada 13 0.228 -17%
Tennessee 40 0.222 -19%
Iowa 15 0.218 -21%
Utah 17 0.178 -35%
Georgia 45 0.178 -35%
Indiana 27 0.168 -39%
Nebraska 5 0.115 -58%
Kentucky 11 0.110 -60%
South Carolina 11 0.106 -61%
Colorado 13 0.101 -63%
Kansas 6 0.087 -68%
Oklahoma 7 0.079 -71%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Albert

Albert is uncommon for boys in the United States, ranked #614 in 2025 with 461 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 494,420 American babies have been named Albert. Its peak came in 1921, when 10,204 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1920s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Albert stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Albert?

The median living Albert is about 63 years old; half are between 43 and 75. An estimated 182 thousand people named Albert are alive in the United States today.

median 63 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Albert year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 – – 461 #614
2024 – – 469 #607
2023 – – 487 #587
2022 – – 456 #613
2021 – – 504 #563
2020 – – 547 #523
2019 – – 622 #472
2018 – – 660 #453
2017 – – 718 #432
2016 – – 644 #476
2015 – – 695 #441
2014 – – 697 #434
2013 – – 697 #422
2012 – – 725 #402
2011 – – 725 #392
2010 – – 699 #403
2009 – – 733 #403
2008 – – 824 #374
2007 – – 831 #370
2006 – – 860 #354
2005 – – 869 #341
2004 6 #14,239 869 #338
2003 – – 953 #314
2002 – – 984 #298
2001 – – 1,094 #280
2000 – – 1,092 #281
1995 10 #8,095 1,332 #224
1990 8 #9,265 1,826 #167
1985 12 #5,681 1,799 #152
1980 10 #6,327 1,957 #142
1975 9 #5,989 2,015 #129
1970 26 #2,707 3,073 #107
1965 17 #3,051 3,419 #100
1960 25 #2,371 4,602 #93
1955 29 #1,978 5,179 #76
1950 23 #2,002 5,754 #56
1945 27 #1,588 5,432 #49
1940 36 #1,218 5,572 #41
1935 34 #1,219 6,094 #31
1930 60 #941 7,950 #24
1925 66 #913 9,511 #21
1920 33 #1,376 9,997 #19
1915 33 #1,190 8,825 #17
1910 13 #1,268 2,183 #14
1905 9 #1,300 1,532 #15
1900 12 #1,106 1,741 #16
1895 9 #1,123 1,391 #16
1890 11 #827 1,417 #16
1885 6 #922 1,429 #16
1880 – – 1,493 #16

Famous people named Albert

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Albert Einstein Albert Einstein German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955) 19th century
  2. 2 Albert Fish Albert Fish American serial killer and rapist (1870–1936) 19th century
  3. 3 Albert Camus Albert Camus French philosopher and writer (1913–1960) Contemporary
  4. 4 Albert II, Prince of Monaco Albert II, Prince of Monaco Prince of Monaco since 2005 b. 1958 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Albert Speer Albert Speer German architect (1905–1981) Contemporary
  6. 6 Albert Finney Albert Finney English actor (1936–2019) Contemporary
  7. 7 Albert II of Belgium Albert II of Belgium King of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013 b. 1934 · Contemporary
  8. 8 Albert I of Belgium Albert I of Belgium King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 1875–1934 · 19th century
  9. 9 Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring German military officer (1885–1960) 19th century
  10. 10 Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer German polymath (1875–1965) 19th century
  11. 11 Albert Hofmann Albert Hofmann Swiss chemist (1906–2008) Contemporary
  12. 12 Albert, Prince Consort Albert, Prince Consort Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 1819–1861 · 19th century
  13. 13 Albert II of Germany Albert II of Germany King of Hungary 1437–1439, King of the Romans 1438–1439, King of Bohemia 1438–1439 1397–1439 · Medieval
  14. 14 Albert Bandura Albert Bandura Canadian-American psychologist (1925–2021) Contemporary
  15. 15 Albert Lebrun Albert Lebrun President of France from 1932 to 1940 1871–1950 · 19th century
  16. 16 Albert I of Germany Albert I of Germany King of Germany from 1298 to 1308 1255–1308 · Medieval
  17. 17 Albert I, Prince of Monaco Albert I, Prince of Monaco Prince of Monaco from 1889 to 1922 1848–1922 · 19th century
  18. 18 Albert Ellis Albert Ellis American psychologist (1913–2007) Contemporary
  19. 19 Albert Uderzo Albert Uderzo French comic book artist (1927–2020) Contemporary
  20. 20 Albert A. Michelson Albert A. Michelson American physicist (1852–1931) 19th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Albert, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Albert?

The median living Albert is about 63 years old. Half of all living Alberts are between 43 and 75 years old.

How many people named Albert are alive today?

An estimated 182 thousand people named Albert are alive in the United States, based on 494,420 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Albert mean?

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name.

How popular is the name Albert in 2025?

Albert ranked #614 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 461 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Albert?

494,420 babies have been named Albert in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Albert most popular?

Albert peaked in 1921, when 10,204 newborns received the name.

Is Albert a boy or girl name?

Albert is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Albert rising or falling?

Albert is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Albert become more popular?

Albert is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 401 boys named Albert in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Albert?

Well-known people named Albert include Albert Einstein (physicist), Albert Fish (extremist), Albert Camus (writer).

Names like Albert

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