Albertha vs Albin
American parents have registered 5,145 Alberthas since 1880, against 4,431 Albins. But in 2025 it was Albin that was commoner, 14 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Albertha Albin
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 145 years in which either name was published, Albin for 80 years and Albertha for 65 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1880–1896 Albin ahead
- 1897–1914 Albertha ahead
- 1915–1921 Albin ahead
- 1925–1965 Albertha ahead
- 1970–2025 Albin ahead, apart from 2 short spells
6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Albertha | Albin | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,145 | 4,431 |
| Most in one year | 147 | 157 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 14 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 76 | 52 |
| Peak year | 1922 | 1919 |
| Best rank | 593rd girls | 479th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 6,143rd |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 5,145 / 0 | 0 / 4,431 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Alberthas alive today are over 76; half the Albins are over 52. That is 24 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Albertha South Carolina (33.4×), Louisiana (13.9×), Georgia (3.9×)
- Albin Minnesota (6.0×), Wisconsin (4.8×), Nebraska (4.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Albertha and Albin.