Alby — boys' name
79 babies named Alby in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Alby was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Alby in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alby
The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Alby between 1882 and 2023, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Alby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1920.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alby performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Alby shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alby 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 79 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.
Alby at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alby popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1882
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
79 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 9 births in a single year.
Alby popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1920 (Alby as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Alby accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 30 births that decade — 38% of Alby's all-time total
Alby decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alby's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1882–2023 (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.