as a First Name
From an Old French name, Albert, of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. This was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to England, displacing the Old English form Æþelbeorht. The name is popular in a variety of forms in Western Europe, and has been traditional in a number of European princely families. It was out of favour in England for centuries, however, and the revival of its popularity in the 19th century was largely in honour of Queen Victoria's consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
| 184th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 275,249
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 435,844
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Albert per capita
- 1914
- marked the height of its popularity
0.04%
99.96%
58%
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55+
28%
30-54
30-54
8%
13-29
13-29
6%
0-12
0-12
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