Alger
Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 832since 1886
Alger over time
Rank among boys' names. Alger has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,390 | 29 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,240 | 29 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Alger! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alger is popular in 1932
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#364 · 1 in 6,266
Best ever in a state: #215 in Michigan, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #364 | 6 | 1 in 6,266 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alger
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest drop: 63 spots in 1889 (#815 → #878)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1898 at #663 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1888–1889
- Highest: 1 in 11,153 boys born in 1898 were named Alger (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 408,030 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 25.8% of all boys named Alger (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #815 (1888) | #884 |
| 1890s | 17 | #663 (1898) | #752 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,156 |
| 1910s | 157 | #1,240 (1916) | #1,595 |
| 1920s | 215 | #1,353 (1926) | #1,719 |
| 1930s | 135 | #1,584 (1932) | #2,034 |
| 1940s | 106 | #1,852 (1945) | #2,356 |
| 1950s | 94 | #1,979 (1955) | #2,803 |
| 1960s | 40 | #2,858 (1963) | #3,468 |
| 1970s | 35 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,454 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,553 (2008) | #12,553 |
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.
Alger in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 52,208 of them was named Alger, which outranked 63.0% 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).
- #1,548Toy21
- #1,548Wilma21
- #1,548Woodie21
- #1,584Alger20
- #1,584Albino20
- #1,584Alferd20
- #1,584Amador20
- #1,651Agapito19
- #1,651Armin19
- #1,651Basilio19
Tied with 66 names at #1,584; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.