# Al (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/al/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,334 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,079 / 255 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 308, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 6 | 4,676 |
| 1950 | 6 | 4,742 |
| 1951 | 6 | 4,838 |
| 1954 | 7 | 4,658 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5,326 |
| 1957 | 6 | 5,380 |
| 1959 | 10 | 4,031 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,597 |
| 1970 | 10 | 5,064 |
| 1971 | 7 | 6,624 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7,296 |
| 1973 | 7 | 6,674 |
| 1974 | 8 | 6,264 |
| 1975 | 6 | 7,993 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,424 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,209 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,396 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,187 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,004 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,895 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,325 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,750 |
| 2018 | 26 | 3,995 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,413 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,861 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,712 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,285 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,671 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,016 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,822 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Al

- Al Capone, American gangster (1899–1947)
- Al Jarreau, American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017)
- Al Franken, American comedian and politician (born 1951)
- Al Sharpton, American Baptist minister, activist and talk show host
- Al Lettieri, American actor (1928-1975)
- Al Jefferson, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Al Pitrelli, American guitarist
- Al Matthews, American actor and singer (1942-2018)
- Al Harrington, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Al Jean, American television writer and producer (born 1961)
- Al Ernest Garcia, American actor (1887-1938)
- Al St. John, American film actor (1892–1963)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.