Albert
Top 1000
About Albert
Albert has acquired a new gloss as one of the top royal baby boy names, a considerable upgrade from its serious, studious image (think Einstein, Schweitzer).
Albert became popular in Britain following the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria to the German Prince Albert and remained in vogue for 80 years. In the US, it's been on a downward slide for a century, though it's always ranked in the US Top 1000 and is a Top 100 name in England and Denmark.
Along with such stalwarts as Walter and George, it could now make a distinctive yet classic choice. Enlivening nickname Bertie is popular on its own in the UK.
As of October 2026, Albert ranked #614 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #14 in 1910, Nameberry popularity #378.
Editor's take: The name Albert is a boy's name of German origin meaning "noble, bright".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #434 | 696 | 362.3 |
| 2015 | #441 | 695 | 362.6 |
| 2016 | #476 | 644 | 339.4 |
| 2017 | #431 | 718 | 387.9 |
| 2018 | #453 | 660 | 363.4 |
| 2019 | #472 | 621 | 346.1 |
| 2020 | #523 | 547 | 316.9 |
| 2021 | #563 | 503 | 287.5 |
| 2022 | #613 | 456 | 261.2 |
| 2023 | #588 | 486 | 284.1 |
| 2024 | #606 | 467 | 271.1 |
| 2025 | #614 | 461 | 269.9 |
World rankings
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Albert on lists
Famous Alberts
- Albert Finney
English actor
- Albert I (born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad)
King of the Belgians
- Albert II (born Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Christian Eugène Marie)
King of the Belgians
- Albert
King of Sweden
- (Frederick Augustus) Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis
King of Saxony
- Albert I (born Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi)
Prince of Monaco
- Albert II (born Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi)
Prince of Monaco
- Albert Frederick Arthur George
birth name of Britain's King George VI
- (Francis) Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel of Saxe
Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort of Britain's Queen Victoria
- Albert Einstein
German physicist synonymous with the word genius
- Albert Camus
French philosopher and novelist
- Albert Pujols (born José Alberto Pujols Alcántara)
Dominican,American baseball player
- Albert Hammond Jr.
rhythm guitarist of American band The Strokes
- Albert Victor Christian Edward
Duke of Clarence and Avondale, eldest son of King Edward VII
- Albert Shepherd
American rapper
- Albert Ellis
American psychologist
- Albert "Bertie" Highmore
English actor; brother of actor Freddie Highmore
- Charles Albert Gobat
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- (Berthold Konrad Hermann) Albert Speer
German architect
- Albert
Prince of Schwarzburg,Rudolstadt
- Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa a Kamehameha
Crown Prince of Hawaii, son of King Kamehameha IV
- Albert Kesselring
German WWII general
- Albert Ball
English WWI flying ace
- Albert Namatjira
Aboriginal Australian painter
- Albert Maria Joseph Maximilian Lamoral
8th Prince of Thurn und Taxis
- Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel (b. 1983)
12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
- Albert Eccleston
son of English actor Christopher Eccleston
- Albert Calloway (b. 2017)
son of American television personality AJ Calloway
- Albert Aretz
American Youtuber
Albert in pop culture
- Albert "Al" Calavicci
character on 90s cult show "Quantum Leap"
- Albert Kropp
character in famous WWI novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque
- Albert Wesker
antagonist in the Resident Evil video game series
- Albert Ingalls
character in the Little House on the Prairie series
- Albert Hillsborough
character in the Gone series by Michael Grant
- Albert Franklin
character in film "Bogus"
- Albert
character in "Yesterday's Child" by Barbara Wood
- Albert
minor character in 1977 film "Suspiria"
- Albert
character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
- Albert
character in the Josie and the Pussycats comics
- Albert Hinkey
character in Pixar's "Cars"
- Albert Ramsbottom
subject of monologues by Stanley Holloway
- Albert de Parmagnan
main character in French animated series "Albert the Fifth Musketeer"
- Albert Ianuzzi
character in movie "The Dream Team"
- Albert Tuccini
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Albert Lozano
character in "Sims" series
- "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
" kids' animated TV show (1972,1985)
- Fat Albert
lead cartoon character on 1970s kids' show
- Albert "Al" Robbins
character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
- Albert Stark
main protagonist in the film "A Million Ways to Die in the West"
- Albert Vanderboom
character in Rusty Lake: Roots
- Albert W. Wily
Mad Scientist, Dr. Wily is the evil villain that appears in the Mega Man video game series
- Albert Clifford "A.C." Slater
character on the TV series "Saved by the Bell"
Variations & nicknames
- AlberikCzech
- BertekPolish
- AdelbertScottish
- AubertFrench
- AlesCzech
- AlvertosGreek
- AilbheIrish Gaelic
- AlbekPolish
- BertoSpanish
- BertikCzech
- AlbertkoSlavic
- AlbertoSpanish
- BertiCzech
- AlbrechtGerman
- AilbertScottish
- BercoCzech
- AlbertsLatvian
More nicknames
- Alby
- Albie
- Al
- Bert
- Bertie