Algie

Where Algie comes from

The dictionaries list Algie as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Algernon — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1870
    Algie Martin Simons born
    American newspaper editor
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #668
    10 babies named Algie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,079.
  5. 1896
    Algie Eggertsen Ballif born
    American politician
  6. 1910
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Algernon.
Namesakes
  • Algie Eggertsen Ballif · American politician, 1896–1984
  • Algie Martin Simons · American newspaper editor, 1870–1950

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.