boys' name ★ peaked 1991

Alberto

Gender Boy · 1% girls Rank 2025 #819 Trend ↓ Falling 17%
Rank 2025
#819
among boys · ↓68 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
301
named Alberto · -11% vs 2024
How common
1 in 5,675
boys born in 2025
Peak year
1991
1,435 babies
All-time total
63,259
#435 all-time among boys
First recorded
1882
in Social Security records

Alberto popularity over time

63,259 babies have been named Alberto since 1882, 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
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
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 – 19 19 2 – #681
1890s – 47 47 5 +147% #547
1900s – 127 127 13 +170% #503
1910s 10 623 633 63 +398% #559
1920s 49 1,485 1,534 153 +142% #452
1930s 20 1,267 1,287 129 -16% #470
1940s 15 1,642 1,657 166 +29% #445
1950s 37 3,350 3,387 339 +104% #367
1960s 24 5,492 5,516 552 +63% #278
1970s 92 7,216 7,308 731 +32% #255
1980s 86 10,085 10,171 1,017 +39% #225
1990s 99 13,067 13,166 1,317 +29% #218
2000s 15 10,863 10,878 1,088 -17% #262
2010s – 5,407 5,407 541 -50% #416
2020s (to 2025) – 2,122 2,122 354 -35% #681

Where Alberto 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 291 0.17 outside top 500
2027 283 0.17 outside top 500
2028 276 0.16 outside top 500
2029 271 0.16 outside top 500
2030 266 0.16 outside top 500

Where Alberto is most popular

Boys named Alberto per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.202 per 1,000. Strongest in Texas, Arizona, and California.

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 Alberto 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
Texas 493 0.560 +177%
Arizona 84 0.513 +154%
California 459 0.502 +149%
Nevada 17 0.298 +48%
Colorado 31 0.240 +19%
Florida 110 0.232 +15%
Illinois 55 0.215 +7%
Washington 28 0.171 -15%
North Carolina 42 0.164 -19%
New Jersey 22 0.109 -46%
Georgia 27 0.107 -47%
Virginia 18 0.095 -53%
Arkansas 6 0.095 -53%
Tennessee 16 0.089 -56%
Maryland 10 0.084 -58%
New York 33 0.076 -62%
Indiana 12 0.075 -63%
Kansas 5 0.073 -64%
Utah 6 0.063 -69%
Oklahoma 5 0.057 -72%
Louisiana 5 0.049 -76%
Massachusetts 6 0.044 -78%
Pennsylvania 6 0.023 -89%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Kentucky – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Ohio – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
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 Alberto

Alberto is uncommon for boys in the United States, ranked #819 in 2025 with 301 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1882, 63,259 American babies have been named Alberto. Its peak came in 1991, when 1,435 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

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 Alberto stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alberto?

The median living Alberto is about 33 years old; half are between 22 and 47. An estimated 56 thousand people named Alberto are alive in the United States today.

median 33 020406080100

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

Alberto 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 – – 301 #819
2024 – – 340 #751
2023 – – 356 #738
2022 – – 375 #703
2021 – – 373 #704
2020 – – 377 #681
2019 – – 422 #637
2018 – – 444 #607
2017 – – 433 #608
2016 – – 517 #555
2015 – – 521 #549
2014 – – 542 #516
2013 – – 584 #478
2012 – – 612 #447
2011 – – 662 #420
2010 – – 670 #416
2009 – – 780 #389
2008 – – 969 #340
2007 – – 1,041 #314
2006 – – 1,015 #315
2005 5 #16,573 1,137 #290
2004 – – 1,124 #283
2003 – – 1,126 #277
2002 5 #15,534 1,229 #262
2001 5 #15,440 1,243 #264
2000 – – 1,199 #270
1995 5 #13,457 1,293 #229
1990 21 #4,523 1,354 #224
1985 8 #7,578 1,042 #225
1980 8 #7,427 903 #249
1975 9 #5,990 718 #270
1970 6 #7,079 716 #292
1965 – – 526 #328
1960 – – 497 #349
1955 5 #5,838 339 #392
1950 6 #4,743 239 #430
1945 – – 165 #462
1940 – – 140 #487
1935 – – 130 #501
1930 – – 157 #473
1925 7 #4,034 149 #497
1920 8 #3,603 123 #551
1915 – – 77 #662
1910 – – 20 #654
1905 – – 10 #786
1900 – – 12 #743
1895 – – – –
1890 – – 5 #996
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Alberto

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

  1. 1 Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori President of Peru from 1990 to 2000 b. 1938 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Alberto Tomba Alberto Tomba Italian alpine skier b. 1966 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Alberto Fernández Alberto Fernández President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023 b. 1959 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Alberto Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873–1932) 19th century
  5. 5 Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino Italian football manager (born 1982) Contemporary
  6. 6 Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966) Contemporary
  7. 7 Alberto Ascari Alberto Ascari Italian racing driver (1918–1955) Contemporary
  8. 8 Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Spanish professional cyclist b. 1982 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia Italian novelist and journalist (1907–1990) Contemporary
  10. 10 Alberto Vargas Alberto Vargas Peruvian-American painter (1896–1982) 19th century
  11. 11 Alberto Korda Alberto Korda Cuban photographer (1928–2001) Contemporary
  12. 12 Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Italian actor (1920–2003) Contemporary
  13. 13 Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Companion of Che Guevara during his 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin America 1922–2011 · Contemporary
  14. 14 Alberto Zaccheroni Alberto Zaccheroni Italian association football player (born 1953) Contemporary
  15. 15 Alberto Ginastera Alberto Ginastera Argentine composer (1916–1983) Contemporary
  16. 16 Alberto Tarantini Alberto Tarantini Argentine footballer b. 1955 · Contemporary
  17. 17 Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena Cuban runner (born 1950) Contemporary
  18. 18 Alberto Spencer Alberto Spencer Ecuadorian footballer (1937–2006) Contemporary
  19. 19 Alberto Iglesias Alberto Iglesias Spanish composer (born 1955) Contemporary
  20. 20 Alberto Manguel Alberto Manguel Argentine-Canadian writer and translator (born 1948) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Alberto?

The median living Alberto is about 33 years old. Half of all living Albertos are between 22 and 47 years old.

How many people named Alberto are alive today?

An estimated 56 thousand people named Alberto are alive in the United States, based on 63,259 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Alberto in 2025?

Alberto ranked #819 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 301 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alberto?

63,259 babies have been named Alberto in the United States since 1882, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alberto most popular?

Alberto peaked in 1991, when 1,435 newborns received the name.

Is Alberto a boy or girl name?

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

Is the name Alberto rising or falling?

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

Will Alberto become more popular?

Alberto is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 266 boys named Alberto 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 Alberto?

Well-known people named Alberto include Alberto Fujimori (politician), Alberto Tomba (skier), Alberto Fernández (politician).

Names like Alberto

Names that sound and feel close to Alberto: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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