Albert

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: from the male personal name Albert, of Germanic origin, literally ‘noble-bright’

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ælbɚt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Albert is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Armenia it is the 66th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 801(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 832
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Albert itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

192,229 people, 2020

#371 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
590 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 792 (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AlbertLatin(measured from records)
ԱլբերտArmenian(measured from records)
ალბერთGeorgian(measured from records)
АльбертCyrillic(measured from records)
알베르Hangul(measured from records)

Locally spelled Ալբերտ in AM Armenia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the male personal name Albert, of Germanic origin, literally ‘noble-bright’

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

How Albert is read(measured from records)

Albert is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English69%

    from the male personal name Albert, of Germanic origin, literally ‘noble-bright’

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • Spanish8.2%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Albert in Spanish.

  • French5.8%

    Germanic: noble, bright; name-day with St Albert. The page links it with marriage troubles and nostalgia in the ‘langue des oiseaux’.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Germanic name from adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright, illustrious’; saint Albert, name-day often 15 Nov.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Germanic name from elements meaning 'noble' + 'bright, famous'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Albert counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Albert is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#165192,2291 in 1.7K192KAlbert590
PH Philippines#155≈130,000 est.≈1 in 832—Albert167
DE Germany#198≈100,000 est.≈1 in 801—Albert244
GB United Kingdom#206≈60,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K915Albert262
NG Nigeria#848≈53,000 est.≈1 in 4K—Albert98
AM Armenia#66≈8,200 est.≈1 in 366126Ալբերտ63
AL Albania—3,8811 in 7923.9K—3
XK Kosovo—≈2,400 est.≈1 in 7924.3K—5

192,229 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Popular Newborn Names; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Albert is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Philippines

    Also written Al'Bert, Albèrt

  • Spanish given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Philippines, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Älbërt, Albërt, Al'Bert, Âlbêrt, Albért

  • Russian given name97 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Альберт, Al'Bert, Адальберт, Алберт, Alberto

  • Hungarian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Kenya, Switzerland

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Älbêrt, Älbèrt, Ãlbert

  • a separate name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Albért, Alberṭ, Aľbert, Alb́ert, Alḅert

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Albert

118 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Albert is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Irish, Germanic ‘noble bright’; used in Ireland as an anglicisation of Ailbhe.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • In German, German surname from the given name Albert/Adalbert; plate shows r-position variation in -bert/-brecht forms.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Albert Abraham Michelson, b. 1852Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, b. 1900Leopold III of Belgium, b. 1901Hans Albert Einstein, b. 1904Albert Hofmann, b. 1906Albert Bandura, b. 1925Chinua Achebe, b. 1930Albert Fert, b. 1938Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, b. 1960Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, b. 1984

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Albert,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 171 sources across 88 countries.

Official registers attesting Albert
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020192K#289
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—4.3K#99
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—3.9K#52
GB United KingdomONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024)2024915#57
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020380#289
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)20251—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—1#99

Reference works 9

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Albert mean, and where does it come from?
from the male personal name Albert, of Germanic origin, literally ‘noble-bright’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
Is Albert a male or female name?
Albert is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Albert?
In the etymology graph, Alberto, Adalberto and Delbert are forms of the same name in other languages; Bert and Bertie are recorded short or pet forms.
In which country does Albert have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 192 thousand people named Albert, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled albert.
How common is the name Albert?
In the United States, the national register counted 192,229 people named Albert in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
How common is Albert compared with other names?
In the United States, Albert is the 165th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
How do you pronounce Albert?
A machine transcription gives /ælbɚt/ (IPA) for English.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Albert” — the 165th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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