Unisex name · since 1882
Alby
90 babies named Alby in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,053 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,204 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1882
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alby currently ranks #7204 among unisex names in America, with 90 babies recorded since 1882.
Social Security Administration records show Alby recorded 90 times among boys since 1882, holding rank #7204 nationally today, ahead of 48% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #18,053 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,204 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 90 born since 1882
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alby ranks #18,053 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,204 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 90 born since 1882, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,053 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,204 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1882
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alby's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alby compares
90 24th percentile among 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
Alby's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alby | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 90 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alby's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1882, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alby popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Alby popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 1920 (Alby as girls' name)
Alby by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (30 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Alby's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Alby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 30 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Alby's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alby: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1882–2025 (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 Alby 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.