Albert is a boy's name of English origin meaning “noble and bright, famous.” In 2024 it was given to 467 boys in the United States.
Albert belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “noble and bright, famous” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Albert first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #14 in 1910, and in 2024 467 babies received the name — 491,391 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Albert means “noble and bright, famous” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Albert is a boy name. In 2024, 467 babies received the name in the US.
Albert comes from the English & American tradition.
Albert first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #14 in 1910, and 467 babies were given the name in 2024.
Albert is pronounced /ˈælb.ət/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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