# Alby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alby/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 105 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 90 / 15 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From place names in England. Variant: Albee.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 5 | 4,983 |
| 1921 | 5 | 5,114 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,459 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1882 | 5 | 945 |
| 1915 | 6 | 3,395 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,193 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,156 |
| 1955 | 5 | 3,892 |
| 1999 | 5 | 9,962 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,707 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,877 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,180 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,863 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,214 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,017 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,323 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,212 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 36 | 852 |
| 2013 | 48 | 684 |
| 2014 | 51 | 659 |
| 2015 | 75 | 518 |
| 2016 | 117 | 387 |
| 2017 | 87 | 469 |
| 2018 | 98 | 427 |
| 2019 | 78 | 501 |
| 2020 | 61 | 587 |
| 2021 | 72 | 539 |
| 2022 | 92 | 439 |
| 2023 | 77 | 508 |
| 2024 | 51 | 702 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## 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.