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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Popularity of the baby name Albert


Posts that mention the name Albert

Nicolas Sarkozy’s grandson named Solal

French politician Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy became the president of France in May of 2007.

He welcomed his first grandchild a few years later, in January of 2010. The baby boy was born to Sarkozy’s 23-year-old son, Jean, and Jean’s wife Jessica.

What was the baby named? Solal Nicolas — first name after a character created by Swiss novelist Albert Cohen and featured in several books, including Belle du Seigneur, which won France’s prestigious Grand Prix du Roman in 1968.

P.S. The woman Sarkozy defeated in the French presidential election, Ségolène Royal, also has an interesting name.

Source: “Le fils de Jean Sarkozy s’appelle Solal.” Marie Claire 13 Jan. 2010.
Image: EPP Summit 14 December 2006 by European People’s Party under CC BY 2.0.

Baby name story: Edan Shaw

Uwe Schiek and Nalia Barkman of rural Lasqueti Island (located between Vancouver Island the Canadian mainland) had been planning to travel to Vancouver before the birth of their son.

When the baby decided to show up over a week early, though, that plan fell through.

The baby ended up being born (several days ago!) aboard Canadian Coast Guard vessel Cape Edensaw.

His name? Ari Edan Shaw Schiek — middle names in honor of the Coast Guard.

The lifeboat had been named after Cape Edensaw (which marks the eastern entrance point of Virago Sound, north of Graham Island).

The Cape was likely named after Haida chief Albert Edward Edenshaw (ca.1810-1894). The Haida chiefly name Edenshaw, also written Idinsaw, was derived from a Tlingit word meaning “wasting away,” in reference to ice melting from a glacier.

Sources: Baby named after coast guard vessel he was born on, Coast guard on hand for special delivery, Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, CCGC Cape Edenshaw

French baby names: Heloise, Lancelot, Quitterie, Victor

Lavender field in France

While cleaning out my bookmarks the other day, I rediscovered this post on French names from francophile blog Polly-Vous Francais. It contrasts the names found in the birth and death announcements of a French newspaper. Here’s a sampling:

Male BirthsMale DeathsFemale BirthsFemale Deaths
Anselme
Edouard
Guillaume
Hipployte
Hugo
Lancelot
Louis
Timothée
Victor
Vladimir		Albert
Emile
Gabriel
Jacques
Jean
Paul
Pierre
Roger
Vincent
Yves		Anaïs
Béatrix
Héloïse
Hermine
Irène
Margaux
Mathilde
Noémie
Quitterie
Violaine		Andrée
Denise
Gilberte
Gladys
Huguette
Jacqueline
Jeanne
Marguerite
Marie
Michèle

Which set do you like better — birth announcement names or death announcement names?

Image: Adapted from Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque, 2022 by Chris Down under CC BY 4.0.

Baby name “safe list”: Amelia, Calvin, Grace, Preston, Rebecca, Wesley

Not sure what to name your baby?

Maybe you should go with a classic. The following names have been popular in the U.S. since at least 1880 (when data on baby names was first collected). None of the male names have ever been out of the top 400, and none of the female names have ever been out of the top 500.

So, if you’re stumped, simply close your eyes and point. Just remember to veer to the left if you’re having a boy, to the right if you’re having a girl…

Aaron
Albert
Alex
Alexander
Allen
Andrew
Andy
Anthony
Antonio
Arthur
Benjamin
Calvin
Charles
Christopher
Clayton
Curtis
Daniel
David
Dennis
Donald
Edgar
Edward
Edwin
Felix
Frank
George		Grant
Henry
Isaac
Jack
Jacob
James
Jay
Jerry
Jesse
Joe
Joel
John
Jose
Joseph
Juan
Julian
Kenneth
Louis
Manuel
Marcus
Mark
Martin
Marvin
Matthew
Michael		Nathan
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Oscar
Patrick
Paul
Peter
Philip
Phillip
Preston
Raymond
Richard
Robert
Ruben
Samuel
Stephen
Theodore
Thomas
Timothy
Tony
Victor
Vincent
Walter
Wesley
William		Alice
Amanda
Amelia
Amy
Anna
Anne
Annie
Caroline
Catherine
Cecilia
Charlotte
Christina
Christine
Claudia
Cynthia
Elizabeth
Emily
Emma
Esther
Eva
Evelyn
Grace
Helen
Jane
Josephine
Julia
Katherine		Kathleen
Kathryn
Katie
Laura
Leah
Lillian
Linda
Lydia
Margaret
Maria
Mary
Miriam
Molly
Nancy
Naomi
Nina
Priscilla
Rachel
Rebecca
Rose
Rosa
Ruby
Ruth
Sara
Sarah
Veronica

Honorable Mentions: Douglas, Eddie, Ivan, Lawrence, Mitchell and Russell were each out of the top 400 only once, and Nora was out of the top 500 only once.