Al
Al is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 285th, in 1910.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1959440 births
- Best rank
- #285in 1910
- Since 1880
- 17,068people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,068 boys have been named Al in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 440 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 440 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Al | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 209 | |
| 1890s | 228 | |
| 1900s | 385 | |
| 1910s | 1,227 | |
| 1920s | 1,428 | |
| 1930s | 1,924 | |
| 1940s | 2,345 | |
| 1950s | 3,220 | |
| 1960s | 2,520 | |
| 1970s | 1,409 | |
| 1980s | 972 | |
| 1990s | 620 | |
| 2000s | 324 | |
| 2010s | 191 | |
| 2020s | 66 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Al was the 376th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Al
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eddiepeak 1947
- Petepeak 1959
- Joepeak 1936
- Leepeak 1951
- Lonniepeak 1947
- Carlpeak 1956
- Shermanpeak 1950
- Berniepeak 1960
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.