# Alberto (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alberto/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 63,259 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 62,812 / 447 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 458, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Alberto.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 9 | 7,367 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6,677 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10,881 |
| 1990 | 21 | 4,523 |
| 1991 | 14 | 6,259 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,511 |
| 1993 | 18 | 5,212 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7,109 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,457 |
| 1996 | 6 | 11,853 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,125 |
| 1999 | 10 | 8,827 |
| 2001 | 5 | 15,440 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,534 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16,573 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 662 | 420 |
| 2012 | 612 | 447 |
| 2013 | 584 | 478 |
| 2014 | 542 | 516 |
| 2015 | 521 | 549 |
| 2016 | 517 | 555 |
| 2017 | 433 | 608 |
| 2018 | 444 | 607 |
| 2019 | 422 | 637 |
| 2020 | 377 | 681 |
| 2021 | 373 | 704 |
| 2022 | 375 | 703 |
| 2023 | 356 | 738 |
| 2024 | 340 | 751 |
| 2025 | 301 | 819 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Alberto

- Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)
- Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian football manager
- Alberto Acosta, Argentine association football player
- Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (1928–2001)
- Alberto Granado, Argentine-Cuban biochemistry doctor, writer, scientist and traveling companion of Che Guev
- Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (1916-1983)
- Alberto Juantorena, Cuban track athlete
- Alberto Gonzales, 80th United States Attorney General
- Alberto Tarantini, Argentine footballer
- Alberto Lleras Camargo, Colombian journalist and politician (1906-1990)
- Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (1937-2025)
- Alberto Costa, Argentine and French footballer

## 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.