Alberto

What Alberto means

Spanish and Italian form of Albert, meaning “noble + bright, famous”

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Albert || 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, “Alberto” (revision 94534371) and “Albert” (revision 94534372), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Alberto?

US: Falling: down from #549 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1279 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1991, when 1,421 boys got the name (#218 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 5,675 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 20,918 baby boys in England and Wales 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 NV (0.53 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.49 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.46 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Alberto is #819 in the US and #1897 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 Alberto were boys.

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

If you like Alberto

Boys

• Jaime#657Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 1,462 babies; 420 in 2025
• Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025
• Alfredo#819Same root as Alfred, meaning “elf + counsel”^*
• Ricardo#380Same root as Richard, meaning “king, ruler + hard, brave”^*
• Ernesto#878Spanish form of Ernest, meaning “vigor, strife”^*

For a sister

• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025

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