How popular is the baby name Albert in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Albert.
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On February 9, 1938, a Canadian woman identified as Mrs. Joseph Arbour gave birth to a baby boy while traveling by train in Quebec.
The baby was delivered with the assistance of fellow passengers Rodolphe Marcotte and Mrs. Albert Gagnon, “who played the role of doctor and nurse.”
In honor of them, Mrs. Arbour decided to name her son Rodolphe Albert.
Source: “Child Born on Train.” Drummondville Spokesman 11 Feb. 1938: 3.
Image: Adapted from O&W Engine #143 (public domain)
According to data from the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, the most popular baby names in the country in 2014 were Eliška and Jakub.
Here are the Czech Republic’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:
Girl names
Boy names
Here are some of the names bestowed only one time last year (genders mixed): Amapola, Airila Luna, Arizona, Arlindi, Atella, Cveta, Dezider, Edett Denny, Eloy Buffalo, Enerona, Felixa, Fljorim, Gaffar, George Albert London, Heliodor Jan, Kleopatra, Kordula, Latoya, Loveday, Lumi, Manu, Marco Willebrordus, Mariola, Mladen, Nellie Ellen, Neuvedeno, Renagi, Sini Merilla, Skrollan, Spartakus, Taavetti Sage, Tarquino, Thoriq, Vandula, Velen, Wyatt, Ylvie, Zaki Jones.
Source: ŽEBRÍCEK: Toto jsou nejoblíbenejší jména detí v Cesku za rok 2014
Image: Adapted from Flag of the Czech Republic (public domain)
Here’s a French-Canadian family that welcomed at least two dozen children from the 1870s to the 1890s.
Francois Gervais was born in St. Roch (near Montreal) in 1847. He later moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, and found work as a carpenter.
He and his second wife, Marie Louise, became the parents of 21 children within their first 20 years of marriage, according to a New York Times article from 1895 about “Francis” and his family. At that time, only 9 of the children were living:
According to records, two of their non-surviving children were named Josephine (b. 1889) and Joseph (b. 1893).
After the article came out, Francois and Marie Louise had several more children, but it looks like only one survived:
Francois also had triplets with his first wife, Melvina, but the babies didn’t survive, and Melvina died a few years later.
Source: “Twenty-One Children in Twenty Years.” New York Times 23 Jun. 1895: 21
Image: Ein Kinderfest (1868) by Ludwig Knaus
Dutch nobleman Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536-1606) — one of the younger siblings of William of Orange — had a total of 24 children by three different wives. Here are their names, grouped by mother…
With first wife Elisabeth, 13 children:
With second wife Kunigunde, 4 children:
With third wife Johannetta, 7 children:
Which of the names above do you like the most?
Sources: Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Johann VI. von Nassau-Dillenburg (1535-1606)
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