Boy
Albert
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, was so influential that the name entered wide use across Britain and its colonies during her reign. It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry.
GermanicNoble and bright
GermanicIllustrious through nobility
Births by decade
1900s
15,402
1910s
68,491
1920s
94,969
1930s
63,166
1940s
60,547
1950s
53,080
1960s
36,581
1970s
22,328
1980s
18,634
1990s
13,978
2000s
9,092
2010s
5,578
Peaked in the 1920s · 461,846 total U.S. births since 1900