Albie
A diminutive form of Albert, derived from Old German meaning "noble, bright".
Name Census estimates that about 222 living Americans carry the first name Albie. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 69.3% of registrations being male. The average person named Albie today is around 18 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Albie births was 2023 (32 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Albie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Albie with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Albie was once a predominantly female name but has become increasingly popular for boys in recent decades.
People living today
222
~ 1 in 1,543,938 Americans
Peak year
2023
32 babies that year
Average age
18
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,129
Tracked since 1895
Census
Albie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 316 people with the first name Albie, which placed it at #28,429 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#28,429
National first-name rank
People counted
316
316 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
62.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Albie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Albie is White at 62.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (17.7%) and Black (8.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Albie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Albie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White62.3% · 197
- Hispanic or Latino17.7% · 56
- Black or African American8.9% · 28
- Asian and Pacific Islander7.0% · 22
- Two or more races2.5% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.6% · 5
Gender
Gender distribution for Albie
Albie is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 387 total registrations, 268 (69.3%) were male and 119 (30.7%) were female.
Albie as a male name
- Ranked #3,976 in 2024
- 27 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2023 (32 births)
Albie as a female name
- Ranked #3,129 in 1923
- 10 female births in 1923
- Peak: 1918 (12 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Albie on both sides of the split. Of the 317 people counted with this name, 247 were male (77.9%) and 70 were female (22.1%).
Popularity
Albie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Albie from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 11 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 99 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Albie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Albie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Albies live
Origin
Meaning and history of Albie
The name Albie is a diminutive form of the name Albert, which has its roots in the Old German language. Albert is derived from the Germanic elements "ald" meaning "old" and "beraht" meaning "bright" or "famous." The name was originally a nickname for someone with gray hair or an elderly person of distinguished character.
The name Albert gained popularity in the Middle Ages, particularly after the 8th century when it was borne by several notable figures. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name was in 768 AD, when Albert the Bear was a prominent margrave in the Holy Roman Empire. In the 12th century, Albert of Riga was a Catholic bishop who played a significant role in the Christianization of Livonia.
During the Renaissance period, the name Albert became more widespread across Europe. In the 15th century, Albrecht Dürer, the famous German painter and printmaker, was born Albert Dürer in 1471. Another notable figure was Albertus Magnus, a Dominican friar and philosopher who lived from 1193 to 1280 and made significant contributions to the study of natural sciences.
The diminutive form Albie emerged as a nickname for Albert, particularly in English-speaking countries. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Albie was in the 19th century, when Albie Pearson, an English cricketer, was born in 1841 and played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
In the 20th century, several notable individuals bore the name Albie. Albie Sachs, a South African activist and former Constitutional Court judge, was born in 1935 and played a crucial role in the struggle against apartheid. Albie Booth, an American jazz drummer, was born in 1923 and performed with several renowned musicians, including Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
Another famous bearer of the name was Albie Roles, an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the 1920s and 1930s. In the literary world, Albie Thorne was an Australian novelist and short story writer who was born in 1925 and known for her works exploring the experiences of women in contemporary society.
People
Albie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Albie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Albie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Albie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 222 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Albie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,543,938 US residents.
Is Albie a common name?
We classify Albie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 75.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 387 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Albie most popular?
The single biggest year for Albie was 2023, when 32 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Albie is about 18 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Albie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 316 people with the name Albie, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #28,429 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Albie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Albie?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Albie on both sides of the split. Of the 317 people counted with this name, 247 were male (77.9%) and 70 were female (22.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Albie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Albie is White at 62.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (17.7%) and Black (8.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Albie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Albie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 62.3% (197 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Albie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Albie a male name?
Yes, 69.3% of people registered as Albie in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Albie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Albie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Albie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Albie?
You can see how many people share the name Albie on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.