Alger
#5,367 most common boys' name of all time · #13,350 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–2008
Rank among boys
#5,367
Rank overall
#13,350 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
832
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #1,308
Best rank
#698 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Alger first appears in 1886. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,627 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,833 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,632 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,602 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,065 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,413 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,025 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,664 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,687 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,713 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,677 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,329 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,865 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,587 |
| 1955 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,996 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,789 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,949 |
| 1952 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,100 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,533 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,628 |
| 1949 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,485 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,642 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,176 |
| 1945 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,880 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,912 |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,611 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,188 |
| 1941 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,720 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,912 |
| 1938 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,366 |
| 1937 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,235 |
| 1936 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,220 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,613 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,431 |
| 1933 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,133 |
| 1932 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,610 |
| 1931 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,244 |
| 1930 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,489 |
| 1928 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,782 |
| 1927 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1926 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,364 |
| 1925 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1924 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,653 |
| 1923 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,774 |
| 1922 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,665 |
| 1921 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,403 |
| 1920 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,917 |
| 1919 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,308 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,674 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,932 |
| 1916 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,254 |
| 1915 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,817 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,575 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,287 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,340 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,504 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,351 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,167 |
| 1898 | — | 11 | 11 | #698 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #944 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #957 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #906 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,074 |