Algernon

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Algernon first appears in the U.S. data in 1886 and has been recorded in 90 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 29 babies (rank #1,602 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
985
Total babies (all years)
90
Years in the data
29
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18865#965
19129#1,750
191310#1,805
191413#1,777
19159#2,625
191611#2,391
191710#2,563
19187#3,377
19196#3,742
19208#3,217
192110#2,805
192212#2,490
192313#2,332
19248#3,266
19258#3,159
19267#3,395
19275#4,216
19285#4,164
19296#3,568
19308#3,029
19329#2,643
19336#3,276
19347#2,978
19368#2,634
19377#2,909
19386#3,183
19395#3,488
19405#3,469
19416#3,139
19426#3,221
19478#2,867
194810#2,443
194911#2,341
19507#3,026
195113#2,138
19527#3,098
195310#2,534
19549#2,749
195510#2,563
19568#2,975
19579#2,826
195811#2,508
195916#2,036
196011#2,537
19618#3,103
19636#3,653
19649#2,859
196511#2,479
196614#2,133
196710#2,614
196818#1,895
196915#2,217
197015#2,400
197128#1,670
197229#1,602
197318#2,217
197422#1,986
197526#1,835
19769#3,728
197717#2,558
197817#2,571
197918#2,571
198021#2,367
198112#3,419
198214#3,111
198310#3,892
198412#3,463
198512#3,607
198615#3,134
198721#2,563
198821#2,684
198918#3,209
199019#3,170
199118#3,328
199214#4,117
199316#3,824
19946#7,801
19958#6,433
199712#4,969
19997#7,903
20005#10,415
20017#8,369
20025#10,731
20066#10,725
20079#8,201
20095#12,563
20109#8,172
20148#8,815
20155#12,163
20165#12,275