# Albertus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/albertus/  
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 | 421 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 421 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Rare Latinate variant of Albert.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 7 | 2,907 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2,483 |
| 1939 | 8 | 2,613 |
| 1940 | 7 | 2,876 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,511 |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,569 |
| 1945 | 6 | 2,997 |
| 1947 | 7 | 3,097 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,679 |
| 1949 | 7 | 3,023 |
| 1950 | 6 | 3,330 |
| 1951 | 8 | 2,846 |
| 1959 | 5 | 3,996 |
| 1968 | 7 | 3,369 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,731 |

## People named Albertus

- Albertus Soegijapranata, Catholic archbishop (1896–1963)
- Albertus Wielsma, Dutch rower (1883-1968)
- Marnix Gijsen, Belgian writer (1899–1984)
- James A. McClure, American attorney, Idaho State Senator and U.S. Senator for the State of Idaho (1924-2011)
- Herman Krebbers, Dutch musician (1923–2018)
- Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (1686-1750)
- Albert Baertsoen, Belgian painter (1866-1922)
- Bert Boom, Dutch cyclist
- Dick Annegarn, Dutch rock singer-songwriter
- Anton Huiskes, Dutch speed skater (1928-2008)

## 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.