# Albina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/albina/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “white” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,006 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,006 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Albina (name of a third-century martyr), feminine form of the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”).

## What it means

Albina is grouped under white.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 11,497 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,661 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,415 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,154 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,030 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,184 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8,904 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,226 |
| 2018 | 5 | 15,784 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,132 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,195 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,416 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,244 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,313 |
| 2025 | 8 | 10,966 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ալբինա
- Czech: Albína
- Russian: Альби́на

## People named Albina

- Albina Grčić, Croatian singer
- Albina Osipowich, American swimmer (1911–1964)
- Albina Africano, Angola chemist and politician

## 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.