Alger — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alger

The Social Security Administration has registered 832 babies named Alger between 1886 and 2008, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alger currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alger performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 215 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Alger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alger in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alger 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 832 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.