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Albany
OriginScottish place name
GenderBoy
NB Rank#7255
On Nameberry
About Albany
The name Albany peaked for boys at #4209 in 1926. Albany is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Albanys
- Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard
American jazz clarinetist with Duke Ellington
Albany in pop culture
- Albany Porcello
main character in 1934's Children of the Poor and 1936's The Hunted, by John A. Lee
- The Duke of Albany
Scottish title of the future King James II of England
- Albany
capital city of New York, USA
- ORIGIN: May be an extension of St Alban's name
or an allusion to Scotland (deriving ultimately from Celtic alp = 'rock, mountain'). The surname Albany means 'servant or retainer of the dukes of Albany (a dukedom of the royal house of Stuart)' (from a Gaelic name for Scotland).
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