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 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 242,977 of them was named Al, which outranked 24.8% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 11,566 of them was named Al, which outranked 88.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).