Alberto
Feminine · “noble and bright”
Alberto is given to boys far more often — 62,812 boys against 447 girls since 1880. See Alberto as a boy name
Alberto entered the US charts in 1918, peaked at #3497 in 1931, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Alberto?
Alberto first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Alberto alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 400 people named Alberto are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alberto most popular?
Alberto peaked in 1931, reaching #3497 nationally. See the whole 1931 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Adalbert to Alberto
The story of Alberto
The name begins as Adalbert in Old High German, among the Frankish and Germanic nobility, and passes into medieval Latin as Albertus — the written form that carried it across the whole of Christian Europe. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese all resolved that Latin into Alberto, while English and French kept Albert and German kept both Albert and Albrecht. In Italy and across the Iberian peninsula and Latin America it has been in steady use for centuries, never quite fashionable and never out of circulation. It reached the United States chiefly with Italian and Spanish-speaking families, and remains most strongly represented in the states where those communities are largest.
Meaning
noble and bright
From the Old High German elements adal, 'noble', and beraht, 'bright, famous'.
How the name formed
- Adalbert
- Albertus
- Albert
- Alberto
Related forms: Albert · Albrecht · Albertus · Adalberto · Wojciech / Albert · Albertas
Pronouncing Alberto
al-BEHR-toh
Stress on the middle syllable in every language that uses it. Spanish and Italian speakers tap or roll the r; English speakers generally do not, and both versions are heard from the same person's friends and colleagues.
Nicknames for Alberto
High
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
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 199318 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3497reached in 1931
- Change vs 2002
- 0.0%5 in 2005, from 5
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.
Alberto in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Albert in English — same name
- Albrecht in German — related form
- Albertus in Latin — same name
- Adalberto in Spanish and Italian — related form
- Wojciech / Albert in Polish — related form
- Albertas in Lithuanian — same name
Albertos among us
people named Alberto are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Alberto 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
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Frequently asked
- How many Albertos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Alberto are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alberto in 2025?
- Alberto is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Alberto with classmates?
- Alberto will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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