Albert

What Albert means

Means “noble + bright, famous”

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.

Source: Wiktionary, “Albert” (revision 94534372), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Albert?

US: Falling: down from #441 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #72 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1883, when 1,496 boys got the name (#16 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,705 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 308 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,637 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.61 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.58 per 1,000 boys), NE (0.57 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Albert is #614 in the US and #57 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Albert were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elbert9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Albert

Boys

• Robert#92“shining glory”^*
• Jeffrey#552Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #552 vs #1,705 in 2025
• Frank#513Form of Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Richard#234“king, ruler + hard, brave”^*
• Raymond#394“advice + protection”^*
• Dustin#728possibly “Thor s stone”^*

For a sister

• Linda#902“tender, soft”^*
• Alicia#460Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 7,820 babies; 672 in 2025
• Anne#619Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1959, with 5,745 babies; 472 in 2025
• Alison#476“of noble kind”^*
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Alyssa#453“a plant of the genus Alyssum”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Albert’s. Rank is US 2025.