Algia

Last seen for girls in 1935 at #2,926 · Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988
Given to boys 55.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1928 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
58
since 1919

Algia over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #1,957, 1909peak #2,843, 1928girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1930#3,5926
1929#4,5705#3,9595
1928#2,8439
1927#4,8055
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1924#3,5057
1923#3,1758
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1921#3,5177
1920#4,3986
1919#4,2516#3,7366
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1917#3,0929
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Algia! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Algia
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1928 at #2,843 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 123,068
  • Highest: 1 in 123,068 boys born in 1928 were named Algia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 426,904 boys born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 62.1% of all boys named Algia (36) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1941
  • Mostly girls until 1940, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,736 (1919)#3,736
1920s36#2,843 (1928)#3,400
1930s6#3,592 (1930)#3,592
1940s5#3,505 (1941)#3,505
1950s5#3,988 (1959)#3,988

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.

Algia in 1935

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#2,926
9 births · 1 in 116,509 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #2,926Algia9
More about 1935

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1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 116,509 of them was named Algia, which outranked 40.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Algia
  1. #2,731Vonceil10
  2. #2,731Willye10
  3. #2,731Zelphia10
  4. #2,926Algia9
  5. #2,926Aldean9
  6. #2,926Alena9
  7. #2,926Allyne9
  8. #3,156Ader8
  9. #3,156Aileene8
  10. #3,156Akiko8

Tied with 229 names at #2,926; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935