Albert
Boy nameAlbert has been given to 494,420 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921 and currently ranks #614 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈælb.ət/
From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
494,420
Peak year
1921 (10,204 babies)
Rank in 2025
#614 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -34%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Albert
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
Al Gore
Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Albert.
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