Albert
Feminine · “noble and bright”
Albert is given to boys far more often — 491,861 boys against 2,559 girls since 1880. See Albert as a boy name
A German prince made a German name British in one generation. Albert of Saxe-Coburg married Victoria, was distrusted for a decade, organized the largest exhibition the world had seen, died at forty-two, and left the name at the top of the English lists for the rest of the century.
How old is the name Albert?
Albert first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Albert alive today was born around 1934, making them about 91 years old. About 1,100 people named Albert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Albert most popular?
Albert peaked in 1883, reaching #579 nationally. See the whole 1883 chart.
Where it comes from
From Adalberht to Albert
The story of Albert
The other Albert worth knowing about taught Thomas Aquinas. Albertus Magnus was a thirteenth-century German friar who wrote about theology, logic, botany, zoology, mineralogy, astronomy and the anatomy of insects, on the principle that observing the world was a legitimate way of thinking about it — which was not the consensus. He is the patron saint of scientists, which is a rare thing for a medieval churchman to end up as. The name reached England with the Normans, went quiet, and came roaring back with the prince consort.
Meaning
noble and bright
The Germanic compound joins a word for noble to one for bright or famous. Both elements are among the commonest in the whole stock, and the reading has never been disputed.
How the name formed
- Adalberht
- Albert
Related forms: Albert · Albert · Alberto · Alberto · Wojciech
Pronouncing Albert
AL-burt
Two syllables with the weight at the front. French says al-BAIR with the final consonant silent, and Italian and Spanish give it three as Alberto.
Nicknames for Albert
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1882
- Most girls named
- 192782 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #579reached in 1883
- Change vs 1995
- −40.0%6 in 2004, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Albert in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Albert in German — same name
- Albert in French — same name
- Alberto in Italian — same name
- Alberto in Spanish — same name
- Wojciech in Polish — related form
Alberts among us
people named Albert are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Albert sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It has a form in every European language and is recognized across all of them.
- Al and Bert are established short forms with quite different registers.
- It has an unbroken run in American records from the first year they were kept.
- The meaning is clear, positive and easy to explain.
- It is strongly associated with the first half of the twentieth century in America.
- The spelling is recorded for a small number of girls, though it reads overwhelmingly as a boy's name.
- Two British kings were christened Albert and both chose different names on taking the throne.
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- How many Alberts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Albert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Albert in 2025?
- Albert is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Albert with classmates?
- Albert will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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