Al
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #7,418 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 73 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,079since 1880
Al over time
Rank among boys' names. Al has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,890 | 19 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,180 | 23 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,390 | 22 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,639 | 29 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,808 | 19 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,447 | 28 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,014 | 33 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,125 | 50 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,797 | 33 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,023 | 47 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,871 | 52 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,060 | 43 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,817 | 50 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,477 | 65 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,383 | 71 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,460 | 64 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,210 | 86 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,430 | 63 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,238 | 79 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,082 | 94 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,070 | 86 | |
| 1987 | — | #982 | 93 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,049 | 79 | |
| 1985 | — | #950 | 92 | |
| 1984 | — | #931 | 89 | |
| 1983 | — | #858 | 104 | |
| 1982 | — | #819 | 117 | |
| 1981 | — | #841 | 109 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #847 | 109 |
| 1979 | — | #810 | 116 | |
| 1978 | — | #726 | 134 | |
| 1977 | — | #755 | 128 | |
| 1976 | — | #652 | 157 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #712 | 135 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #704 | 136 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #665 | 144 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #619 | 161 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #676 | 150 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | — | #606 | 167 | |
| 1968 | — | #594 | 164 | |
| 1967 | — | #587 | 166 | |
| 1966 | — | #596 | 158 | |
| 1965 | — | #530 | 210 | |
| 1964 | — | #481 | 268 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #459 | 292 |
| 1962 | — | #432 | 341 | |
| 1961 | — | #417 | 362 | |
| 1960 | — | #398 | 392 | |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #376 | 440 |
| 1958 | — | #396 | 387 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #393 | 386 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #372 | 398 |
| 1955 | — | #434 | 286 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #406 | 313 |
| 1953 | — | #436 | 266 | |
| 1952 | — | #429 | 265 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #419 | 262 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #447 | 216 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #440 | 231 |
| 1948 | — | #402 | 286 | |
| 1947 | — | #379 | 330 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #382 | 290 |
| 1945 | — | #409 | 216 | |
| 1944 | — | #417 | 210 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #443 | 201 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #410 | 223 |
| 1941 | — | #423 | 192 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #449 | 166 |
| 1939 | — | #405 | 198 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #408 | 193 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #384 | 205 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #388 | 199 |
| 1935 | — | #376 | 209 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #396 | 194 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #417 | 170 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #399 | 199 |
| 1931 | — | #415 | 185 | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #451 | 172 |
| 1929 | — | #453 | 170 | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #433 | 190 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #472 | 164 |
| 1926 | — | #496 | 147 | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #549 | 125 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #508 | 151 |
| 1923 | — | #631 | 103 | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #617 | 109 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #580 | 119 |
| 1920 | — | #493 | 150 | |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #472 | 160 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #519 | 133 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #497 | 133 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #515 | 122 |
| 1915 | — | #405 | 175 | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #395 | 144 |
| 1913 | — | #427 | 101 | |
| 1912 | — | #342 | 121 | |
| 1911 | — | #337 | 65 | |
| 1910 | — | #285 | 73 | |
| 1909 | — | #339 | 47 | |
| 1908 | — | #335 | 45 | |
| 1907 | — | #341 | 40 | |
| 1906 | — | #316 | 43 | |
| 1905 | — | #319 | 39 | |
| 1904 | — | #351 | 33 | |
| 1903 | — | #303 | 38 | |
| 1902 | — | #291 | 42 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #357 | 37 | |
| 1899 | — | #346 | 27 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #399 | 23 | |
| 1894 | — | #358 | 26 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1891 | — | #377 | 21 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1888 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #325 | 27 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #371 | 21 | |
| 1882 | — | #298 | 33 | |
| 1881 | — | #389 | 19 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Al was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
See more about Al
- 2,184 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,803)
- 1,948 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #6,803)
- 1,913 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1881 (#526 → #389)
- Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1890 (#369 → #489)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #285 (73 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 91 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1880–1985
- Highest: 1 in 2,660 boys born in 1910 were named Al (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.8% of all boys named Al (3,219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 209 | #298 (1882) | #396 |
| 1890s | 228 | #346 (1899) | #394 |
| 1900s | 385 | #291 (1902) | #336 |
| 1910s | 1,227 | #285 (1910) | #419 |
| 1920s | 1,428 | #433 (1928) | #523 |
| 1930s | 1,924 | #376 (1935) | #404 |
| 1940s | 2,345 | #379 (1947) | #415 |
| 1950s | 3,219 | #372 (1956) | #411 |
| 1960s | 2,520 | #398 (1960) | #510 |
| 1970s | 1,409 | #619 (1972) | #699 |
| 1980s | 972 | #819 (1982) | #943 |
| 1990s | 620 | #1,210 (1992) | #1,597 |
| 2000s | 324 | #1,924 (2000) | #3,339 |
| 2010s | 191 | #3,993 (2018) | #4,980 |
| 2020s | 78 | #4,855 (2020) | #6,712 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Al in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 213,430 of them was named Al, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 687 names at #4,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 5,247 of them was named Al, which outranked 90.7% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).