Meaning and history
Albert comes from the Germanic name Adalbert, meaning “noble and bright,” formed from adal “noble” and beraht “bright.” It was common among medieval German royalty and was brought to England by the Normans, replacing the Old English cognate Æþelbeorht. Although it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was revived in the 19th century by Prince Albert, the German-born husband of Queen Victoria. The name was also borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium, as well as by notable figures such as the physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955), who developed the theory of relativity, and the French-Algerian writer and philosopher Albert Camus (1913–1960).
20062006: 860 births, rank #354
2007: 831 births, rank #370
2008: 824 births, rank #374
2009: 733 births, rank #403
2010: 699 births, rank #403
20112011: 725 births, rank #392
2012: 725 births, rank #402
2013: 697 births, rank #422
2014: 697 births, rank #434
2015: 695 births, rank #441
20162016: 644 births, rank #476
2017: 718 births, rank #432
2018: 660 births, rank #453
2019: 622 births, rank #472
2020: 547 births, rank #523
20212021: 504 births, rank #563
2022: 456 births, rank #613
2023: 487 births, rank #587
2024: 469 births, rank #607
20252025: 461 births, rank #614
Albert moved from #607 to #614 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 10,158 births.