Boys' name · since 1880
Albion
Albion has 724 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,296 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,249 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 724
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
724 babies have been named Albion since 1880, making it today's #8249 boys' name.
Albion has 724 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8249 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #6,296 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,249 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 724 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Albion ranks #6,296 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,249 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 724 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #6,296 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,249 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 724
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Albion's 724 recorded births place it above 86.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Maine.
How Albion compares
724 Top 37% higher than 63% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Albion's all-time total is 96% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Albion | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 724 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Albion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Albion splits its recorded history at 1946: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1885 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Albion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Albion by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (140 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Albion's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Albion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 32
1880s
32 births
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 16
1900s
16 births
- 1910s
1910s
113 births
- 1920s
1920s
140 births
- 1930s
1930s
65 births
- 1940s 37
1940s
37 births
- 1950s 34
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 140 births (19% of all-time use).
How Albion compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Albion's total volume
Albion by state
Where Albion concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 16 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 12 | 1.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.8% |
16 of 724 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Albion's data
- Albion's decade-level peak was the 1920s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Maine records the most Albions (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Maine names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Albion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Albion draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.