Algie
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to boys 80.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,529since 1880
Algie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | — | #1,538 | 25 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #1,354 | 25 |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #1,330 | 25 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Algie was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Algie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 512 spots in 1910 (#1,440 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 457 spots in 1913 (#854 → #1,311)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #668 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1883–1886
- Highest: 1 in 11,577 boys born in 1894 were named Algie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 18.4% of all boys named Algie (282) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1909, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #722 (1889) | #832 |
| 1890s | 34 | #668 (1894) | #896 |
| 1900s | 52 | #779 (1901) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 232 | #854 (1912) | #1,184 |
| 1920s | 282 | #1,226 (1921) | #1,398 |
| 1930s | 217 | #1,236 (1932) | #1,502 |
| 1940s | 214 | #1,378 (1945) | #1,531 |
| 1950s | 195 | #1,499 (1950) | #1,796 |
| 1960s | 112 | #1,900 (1964) | #2,662 |
| 1970s | 84 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,708 |
| 1980s | 53 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,076 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,177 |
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.
Algie in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 217,848 of them was named Algie, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,676Wyomia7
- #3,676Yvonnie7
- #3,676Zoila7
- #4,025Algie6
- #4,025Acquanetta6
- #4,025Adelfina6
- #4,025Afton6
- #4,556Adda5
- #4,556Adina5
- #4,556Adine5
Tied with 530 names at #4,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 58,515 of them was named Algie, which outranked 63.6% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,349Verlyn24
- #1,349Washington24
- #1,349Winthrop24
- #1,378Algie23
- #1,378Acie23
- #1,378Arland23
- #1,378Augustin23
- #1,406Adrien22
- #1,406Ann22
- #1,406Anson22
Tied with 27 names at #1,378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.