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The first name 
Albert

Albert is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.

Albert – popular and common in the US!

The name Albert isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Albert ranks 445. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 4 were named Albert. In total, there are currently 443,104 people – children, adults and seniors – named Albert living in the United States, which is approximately 0.13 % of the entire population.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Albert

What does the name 
Albert mean?

Albert comes from the Germanic name Adalbert meaning ‘noble and bright’, composed of the words ‘adal’ for ‘noble’ and ‘beraht’ for ‘bright’. It was a popular name in medieval German royalty.

For short periods of time.. around 1900 and 1930, Albert was also used as a female name in the U.S.

Albert -
very popular in the 20th century

Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Albert is a staple in the country: Boys have been given the name Albert for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Albert is therefore one of only 442 boys’ names that have been given every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Albert is a very special name that peaked in popularity some time ago in the 20th century. Placed at #13 Albert easily made it into the top 100 boys' names of our SmartGenius statistics for male first names and has never been more popular than back in 1910.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Albert was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Albert -
at home all over the USA, especially popular in Rhode Island

Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Albert. Because: There are men and boys named Albert in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, just 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Albert is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular male first names, for example in Mississippi, where Albert ranks on position 35. The greatest chance of meeting Albert, however, is in Rhode Island, where one in 151 boys and men bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 377 men and boys and in Nevada, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 972 men and boys for their name before you once get Albert as an answer.

Albert has 6 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.

With six letters, the name Albert is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.

Other names with 
A, l, b, e, r and t

If you take all the letters in the name Albert – A, l, b, e, r and t – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Bartel or Blerta.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Albert

If your name is Albert and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Albert

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Albert, you can simply say:

Apple

Lion

Butterfly

Elephant

Rocket

Tiger

This is how the name Albert is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Albert in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Albert

Albert

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Albert

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Albert is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
L
B
E
R
T

Have you ever waved the name Albert

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
L
B
E
R
T

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Albert sounds like this: