Albertus — boys' name
421 babies named Albertus in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Albertus was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Albertus in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Albertus
The Social Security Administration has registered 421 babies named Albertus between 1880 and 1970, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Albertus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Albertus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Albertus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Albertus in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Albertus 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 421 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.
Albertus at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Albertus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
421 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 22 births in a single year.
Albertus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 133 births that decade — 32% of Albertus's all-time total
Albertus decade highlights
- Peak decade 133 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Albertus's strongest decade
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Albertus by state
Where Albertus concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 16 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 11 | 2.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
16 of 421 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 3.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.