Alger Popularity by Year
Follow Alger across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Alger birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 6,781 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Down 1,190 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 7 | #4,582 | Down 1,024 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 9 | #3,558 | Up 1,428 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 1,616 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Up 578 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 347 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 6 | #3,601 | Down 743 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 9 | #2,858 | Up 782 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Down 543 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 8 | #3,097 | Up 568 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 6 | #3,665 | Down 46 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Down 344 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 7 | #3,275 | Down 453 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 9 | #2,822 | Up 713 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Down 1,556 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 16 | #1,979 | Up 764 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 9 | #2,743 | Up 162 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 8 | #2,905 | Down 832 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 14 | #2,073 | Up 422 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 10 | #2,495 | Up 85 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 9 | #2,580 | Down 127 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 10 | #2,453 | Up 155 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 9 | #2,608 | Down 252 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 11 | #2,356 | Down 213 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 12 | #2,143 | Down 291 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 14 | #1,852 | Up 1,010 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 7 | #2,862 | Down 299 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 9 | #2,563 | Down 418 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 12 | #2,145 | Down 242 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Up 768 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 8 | #2,671 | Down 792 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 14 | #1,879 | Up 447 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 10 | #2,326 | Down 129 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 11 | #2,197 | Down 13 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 11 | #2,184 | Down 600 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 19 | #1,584 | Up 809 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 10 | #2,393 | Down 300 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 12 | #2,093 | Down 509 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 20 | #1,584 | Up 623 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 12 | #2,207 | Down 318 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 16 | #1,889 | Up 563 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 11 | #2,452 | Down 692 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 19 | #1,760 | Down 244 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 25 | #1,516 | Down 163 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 29 | #1,353 | Up 453 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 19 | #1,806 | Down 178 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 23 | #1,628 | Up 125 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 20 | #1,753 | Down 109 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 22 | #1,644 | Down 254 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 29 | #1,390 | Up 495 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 18 | #1,885 | Down 588 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 30 | #1,297 | Up 351 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 21 | #1,648 | Up 252 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 16 | #1,900 | Down 660 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 29 | #1,240 | Up 542 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 16 | #1,782 | Down 237 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 16 | #1,545 | Down 289 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 17 | #1,256 | Up 1,013 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 6 | #2,269 | Down 848 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 6 | #1,421 | Down 168 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 5 | #1,253 | Down 195 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 5 | #1,058 | Down 395 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 11 | #663 | Up 178 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 6 | #841 | Up 37 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 6 | #878 | Down 63 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 7 | #815 | Up 144 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | — |