Algie
Algie was last recorded in 1991, when 5 babies were given it; 1,890 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1991 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Algie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Algie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Algie is “a diminutive of the male given name Algernon.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Algie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,256, in 1991; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
50 babies in 1919, the peak
Algie peaked in 1919, when 50 babies were given it (37 boys, #1,139 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #8,256 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 5 | #8,139 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 6 | #6,961 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 6 | #5,942 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 8 | #4,706 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 7 | #4,988 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 7 | #5,025 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 10 | #3,862 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 9 | #4,148 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 7 | #4,858 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | under 5 | 7 | #4,598 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 7 | #4,435 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 9 | #3,662 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 11 | #3,123 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 13 | #2,715 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 6 | #4,455 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 11 | #2,971 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 13 | #2,621 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 8 | #3,317 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 15 | #2,108 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 12 | #2,353 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 5 | #3,956 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 7 | #3,252 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 18 | #1,900 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 12 | #2,417 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 11 | #2,506 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 12 | #2,413 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 12 | #2,424 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 15 | #2,111 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 20 | #1,766 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 15 | #2,092 | |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,968 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 25 | #1,538 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 14 | #2,113 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 19 | #1,764 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 21 | #1,664 | |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,420 | 24 | #1,519 |
| 1950 | under 5 | 24 | #1,499 | |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,254 | 21 | #1,616 |
| 1948 | under 5 | 23 | #1,518 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,312 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 23 | #1,475 | |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,030 | 23 | #1,378 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,582 | 19 | #1,575 |
| 1943 | under 5 | 23 | #1,461 | |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,745 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,961 | 16 | #1,760 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 22 | #1,433 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 16 | #1,714 | |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,458 | 18 | #1,614 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,264 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,108 | 18 | #1,588 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,746 | 25 | #1,355 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 21 | #1,500 | |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,542 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,575 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,230 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,059 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,138 | 25 | #1,444 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,956 | 21 | #1,649 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,863 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,571 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,284 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,396 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,645 | 23 | #1,589 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,456 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,379 | 35 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,265 | 28 | #1,384 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,519 | 37 | #1,139 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,677 | 29 | #1,313 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,097 | 23 | #1,480 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,661 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,535 | 27 | #1,266 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,195 | 25 | #1,155 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,166 | 16 | #1,310 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,363 | 27 | #854 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,546 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | under 5 | 12 | #929 | |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,770 | 5 | #1,446 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,106 | 7 | #1,116 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,070 | 10 | #868 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 8 | #929 | |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,422 | 8 | #921 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,890 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,601 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 8 | #780 | |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,935 | 6 | #1,166 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,703 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 8 | #825 | |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,600 | 5 | #1,083 |
| 1894 | under 5 | 10 | #669 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 5 | #1,069 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 6 | #843 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 8 | #725 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 5 | #1,035 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 6 | #846 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #837 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 6 | #850 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 6 | #800 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 7 | #748 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Algie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,890 Americans recorded as Algie, 19% are girls and 81% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Algie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Algie, and how old are they?
An estimated 511 Americans named Algie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (27% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 56 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 590 people named Algie (105 women and girls, 485 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 641 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,994 babies since 1880, Algie is the most given (95% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Algie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Algie and names like it
- Compare Algie and AlgiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAlgie peaked in 1919.
- Virginia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Algie since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Algie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Algie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.