Unisex name · since 1922
Algene
Algene has 59 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Algene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 59 recorded since 1922.
Algene has 59 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1922 to 1951.
- #32,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1922
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Algene ranks #32,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1922, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Algene's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Algene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Algene splits its recorded history at 1931: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1931 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Algene popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1951
- Peak year (1931)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Algene popularity over time - boys
28 total births recorded since 1934 (Algene as boys' name)
Algene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (23 births, 39% of the file).
1920s was Algene's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Algene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s
1930s
14 births
- 1940s
1940s
14 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 23 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Algene's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 1950s (8) -- 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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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, 1922–1951 (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 Algene 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.