Albert
Albert was given to 461 boys in 2025, #614 among boys’ names; 494,420 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 168,000 Americans named Albert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 42 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Albert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Albert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Albert is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.” Its etymology gives the senses “noble” (*aþalaz) and “bright, famous” (*berhtaz).
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. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
/ˈæl.bɚt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Albert?
#614 among boys’ names, 2025
Albert fell from #441 in 2015 to #614 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.36 to 0.27 per 1,000.
10,204 babies in 1921, the peak
Albert peaked in 1921, when 10,204 babies were given it (10,158 boys, #20 among boys’ names). The 461 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 461 | #614 | 0.27 |
| 2024 | 469 | #607 | 0.27 |
| 2023 | 487 | #587 | 0.28 |
| 2022 | 456 | #613 | 0.26 |
| 2021 | 504 | #563 | 0.29 |
| 2020 | 547 | #523 | 0.32 |
| 2019 | 622 | #472 | 0.35 |
| 2018 | 660 | #453 | 0.36 |
| 2017 | 718 | #432 | 0.39 |
| 2016 | 644 | #476 | 0.34 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 695 | #441 | 0.36 |
| 2014 | 697 | #434 | 0.36 |
| 2013 | 697 | #422 | 0.37 |
| 2012 | 725 | #402 | 0.38 |
| 2011 | 725 | #392 | 0.38 |
| 2010 | 699 | #403 | 0.36 |
| 2009 | 733 | #403 | 0.37 |
| 2008 | 824 | #374 | 0.40 |
| 2007 | 831 | #370 | 0.40 |
| 2006 | 860 | #354 | 0.42 |
| 2005 | 869 | #341 | 0.44 |
| 2004 | 869 | #338 | 0.44 |
| 2003 | 953 | #314 | 0.48 |
| 2002 | 984 | #298 | 0.51 |
| 2001 | 1,094 | #280 | 0.56 |
| 2000 | 1,092 | #281 | 0.56 |
| 1999 | 1,118 | #269 | 0.58 |
| 1998 | 1,158 | #258 | 0.61 |
| 1997 | 1,177 | #249 | 0.62 |
| 1996 | 1,300 | #231 | 0.69 |
| 1995 | 1,332 | #224 | 0.70 |
| 1994 | 1,385 | #209 | 0.72 |
| 1993 | 1,433 | #209 | 0.73 |
| 1992 | 1,506 | #205 | 0.75 |
| 1991 | 1,697 | #190 | 0.84 |
| 1990 | 1,826 | #167 | 0.89 |
| 1989 | 1,763 | #170 | 0.88 |
| 1988 | 1,795 | #155 | 0.94 |
| 1987 | 1,768 | #158 | 0.95 |
| 1986 | 1,749 | #154 | 0.95 |
| 1985 | 1,799 | #152 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 1,885 | #141 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 1,822 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 2,023 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 1,942 | #145 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,957 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 1,860 | #145 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 1,803 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 1,950 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1976 | 1,916 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 2,015 | #129 | 1.3 |
| 1974 | 2,014 | #130 | 1.3 |
| 1973 | 2,288 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1972 | 2,510 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1971 | 2,683 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 1970 | 3,073 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1969 | 2,934 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 1968 | 2,918 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 1967 | 3,169 | #98 | 1.8 |
| 1966 | 3,297 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 1965 | 3,419 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 1964 | 3,761 | #100 | 1.9 |
| 1963 | 3,883 | #100 | 1.9 |
| 1962 | 4,072 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 1961 | 4,324 | #97 | 2.0 |
| 1960 | 4,602 | #93 | 2.2 |
| 1959 | 4,605 | #92 | 2.2 |
| 1958 | 4,807 | #89 | 2.3 |
| 1957 | 5,049 | #84 | 2.3 |
| 1956 | 5,150 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 5,179 | #76 | 2.5 |
| 1954 | 5,428 | #73 | 2.7 |
| 1953 | 5,439 | #69 | 2.8 |
| 1952 | 5,660 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1951 | 5,758 | #60 | 3.1 |
| 1950 | 5,754 | #56 | 3.2 |
| 1949 | 6,064 | #56 | 3.4 |
| 1948 | 6,156 | #55 | 3.5 |
| 1947 | 6,462 | #55 | 3.5 |
| 1946 | 6,007 | #52 | 3.7 |
| 1945 | 5,432 | #49 | 4.0 |
| 1944 | 5,855 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1943 | 6,307 | #43 | 4.4 |
| 1942 | 6,496 | #40 | 4.7 |
| 1941 | 5,927 | #40 | 4.8 |
| 1940 | 5,572 | #41 | 4.8 |
| 1939 | 5,477 | #41 | 4.9 |
| 1938 | 5,796 | #37 | 5.2 |
| 1937 | 5,665 | #37 | 5.3 |
| 1936 | 5,759 | #34 | 5.6 |
| 1935 | 6,094 | #31 | 5.9 |
| 1934 | 6,003 | #32 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 6,091 | #30 | 6.1 |
| 1932 | 6,863 | #26 | 6.6 |
| 1931 | 7,131 | #24 | 6.9 |
| 1930 | 7,950 | #24 | 7.2 |
| 1929 | 8,078 | #24 | 7.5 |
| 1928 | 8,812 | #23 | 8.0 |
| 1927 | 9,128 | #23 | 8.1 |
| 1926 | 9,146 | #21 | 8.2 |
| 1925 | 9,511 | #21 | 8.5 |
| 1924 | 9,880 | #21 | 8.7 |
| 1923 | 9,825 | #20 | 9.0 |
| 1922 | 9,896 | #20 | 9.1 |
| 1921 | 10,158 | #20 | 9.2 |
| 1920 | 9,997 | #19 | 9.4 |
| 1919 | 9,607 | #18 | 9.8 |
| 1918 | 9,935 | #19 | 9.8 |
| 1917 | 9,157 | #18 | 9.9 |
| 1916 | 9,044 | #17 | 10.2 |
| 1915 | 8,825 | #17 | 10.4 |
| 1914 | 6,942 | #15 | 10.6 |
| 1913 | 5,449 | #16 | 10.6 |
| 1912 | 4,587 | #17 | 10.7 |
| 1911 | 2,478 | #15 | 11.0 |
| 1910 | 2,183 | #14 | 11.2 |
| 1909 | 1,816 | #15 | 11.1 |
| 1908 | 1,642 | #15 | 10.6 |
| 1907 | 1,636 | #15 | 11.1 |
| 1906 | 1,469 | #16 | 11.0 |
| 1905 | 1,532 | #15 | 11.6 |
| 1904 | 1,453 | #16 | 11.3 |
| 1903 | 1,337 | #16 | 11.2 |
| 1902 | 1,375 | #16 | 11.2 |
| 1901 | 1,317 | #15 | 12.4 |
| 1900 | 1,741 | #16 | 11.6 |
| 1899 | 1,210 | #15 | 11.4 |
| 1898 | 1,417 | #16 | 11.5 |
| 1897 | 1,377 | #15 | 12.2 |
| 1896 | 1,434 | #15 | 12.0 |
| 1895 | 1,391 | #16 | 11.8 |
| 1894 | 1,447 | #16 | 12.5 |
| 1893 | 1,353 | #16 | 12.0 |
| 1892 | 1,500 | #16 | 12.3 |
| 1891 | 1,207 | #16 | 11.9 |
| 1890 | 1,417 | #16 | 12.8 |
| 1889 | 1,353 | #16 | 12.2 |
| 1888 | 1,569 | #16 | 13.0 |
| 1887 | 1,294 | #16 | 12.8 |
| 1886 | 1,488 | #16 | 13.4 |
| 1885 | 1,429 | #16 | 13.3 |
| 1884 | 1,435 | #16 | 12.5 |
| 1883 | 1,496 | #16 | 14.3 |
| 1882 | 1,499 | #16 | 13.2 |
| 1881 | 1,319 | #16 | 13.1 |
| 1880 | 1,493 | #16 | 13.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Albert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Albert has been given almost only to boys: 2,559 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Albert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Albert, and how old are they?
168,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 494,420 Americans ever recorded as Albert. The median Albert alive today is 62 years old; half are between 42 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 192,229 people named Albert (380 women and girls, 191,849 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 195,788 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 20,900 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 63,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 35,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 25,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 14,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Albert born?
The states with the most babies named Albert are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 45,219 | #419 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 40,752 | #491 | 1.3× |
| California | 34,995 | #462 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 28,199 | #730 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 20,709 | #939 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 18,652 | #677 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 18,205 | #378 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 17,837 | #396 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 14,108 | #769 | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 13,019 | #426 | 1.4× |
Where Albert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Albert is most over-represented in Rhode Island: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Albert with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Albert
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Albert and names like it
- Compare Albert and WalterBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAlbert peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Albert since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Albert: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Albert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Albert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.