Albany — #8576 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Albany

The Social Security Administration has registered 714 babies named Albany between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Albany currently holds the #8576 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Albany performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 230 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Albany shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Albany in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Albany in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 714 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.