# Albertine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/albertine/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,196 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,196 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 38, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Albertine. Variant of Albertina. By surface analysis, Albert + -ine.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 13 | 3,380 |
| 1959 | 12 | 3,619 |
| 1960 | 10 | 4,188 |
| 1961 | 10 | 4,242 |
| 1962 | 10 | 4,264 |
| 1963 | 6 | 5,895 |
| 1965 | 9 | 4,497 |
| 1968 | 12 | 4,002 |
| 1969 | 13 | 3,958 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,078 |
| 1971 | 8 | 6,012 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7,300 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,448 |
| 1974 | 11 | 5,014 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,132 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Albertine

- Albertine Sarrazin, French writer (1937–1967)
- Albertine Necker de Saussure, Genevan writer and botanical collector (1766-1841)
- Therese Albertine Luise Robinson, German-American writer (1797–1870)
- Albertine von Montenuovo, (1817–1867)
- Albertine Randall, American cartoonist (1863–1954)
- Albertine Elisabeth de Champcenetz, Dutch and French aristocrat and spy
- Isala Van Diest, Belgian physician
- Bernice King, American minister and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (born 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.