Albert

“Noble and bright” — Germanic origin

Boy's name · #614 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Albert is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1910, when it ranked #14. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 492,000 boys since 1880, ranked #614 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Albert's short forms are Allie, Ally, Albie, and Bert.

Around the world: #38 in Denmark (2025) · #48 in Czechia (2025) · #57 in England & Wales (2025) · #58 in Norway (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Alberts

Albert Einstein — German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Albert Camus — French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
Albert Schweitzer — French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)
Albert Abraham Michelson — American physicist (1852–1931)
Albert II, Prince of Monaco — Prince of Monaco (born 1958)

In stories & tradition

Albert (Spawn) — Todd McFarlane's Spawn · Spawn
Albert Wesker — Resident Evil · Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Albert (Al Neri) — The Godfather

What Alberts become

Among 12,252 notable people named Albert:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason (1809–1891).

Similar names: Alberto · Willie · Alfred · Harold · Gilbert · Harry

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