Alga
#21,843 most common girls' name of all time · #35,650 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1888–1955
Rank among girls
#21,843
Rank overall
#35,650 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
137
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1930 #4,114
Best rank
#1,389 1903
Girls
Boys
peak 11/yr
Alga first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,940 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,432 |
| 1930 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,114 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,274 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,900 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,389 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,488 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,048 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,070 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,709 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,388 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,336 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,883 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,412 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,076 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,577 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,389 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,395 |