Alberto

Where Alberto comes from

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Alberto.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alberto
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #837 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Alberto Moravia born
    Italian writer and journalist
  3. 1938
    Alberto Fujimori born
    President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
  4. 1991
    Peak, #218
    1,421 babies named Alberto — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #416.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Albert.
Namesakes
  • Alberto Moravia · Italian writer and journalist, 1907–1990
  • Alberto Fujimori · President of Peru from 1990 to 2000, 1938–2024
  • Alberto Fernández · president of Argentina from 2019 to 2023, born 1959
  • Alberto Contador · Spanish professional cyclist, born 1982
  • Alberto Sordi · Italian actor, 1920–2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.