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Al: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #285 in 1910.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #285 in 1910; #6,822 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Al in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,822 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1910, at #285.
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Al: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #285 in 1910 · most boys in one year: 440 (1959).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Al, making it the 6,822nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,194 places from #9,016 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 8 boys named Al in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #285, reached in 1910. The most boys given the name in a single year was 440, in 1959. For comparison, it was #4,895 in 2015 and #447 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Al in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 17,334 US babies have been given the name, 1.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 3,260 babies named Al.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 154 US boys were named Al; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 26. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Ahil, Alle and Aile are summarised on this page.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Ahil (189), Alle (167), Aile (60), Aul (46), Ayal (45).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,016 |
| 2023 | — | — | 16 | #5,671 |
| 2022 | — | — | 11 | #7,285 |
| 2021 | — | — | 12 | #6,712 |
| 2020 | — | — | 19 | #4,861 |
| 2019 | — | — | 13 | #6,413 |
| 2018 | — | — | 26 | #3,995 |
| 2017 | — | — | 20 | #4,750 |
| 2016 | — | — | 17 | #5,325 |
| 2015 | — | — | 19 | #4,895 |
| 2014 | — | — | 14 | #6,004 |
| 2013 | — | — | 23 | #4,187 |
| 2012 | — | — | 22 | #4,396 |
| 2011 | — | — | 17 | #5,209 |
| 2010 | — | — | 20 | #4,684 |
| 2009 | — | — | 29 | #3,641 |
| 2008 | — | — | 21 | #4,545 |
| 2007 | — | — | 19 | #4,815 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,371 |
| 2005 | — | — | 28 | #3,451 |
| 2004 | — | — | 33 | #3,015 |
| 2003 | — | — | 36 | #2,730 |
| 2002 | — | — | 50 | #2,126 |
| 2001 | — | — | 33 | #2,799 |
| 2000 | — | — | 54 | #1,926 |
| 1999 | — | — | 47 | #2,024 |
| 1998 | — | — | 52 | #1,872 |
| 1997 | — | — | 43 | #2,061 |
| 1996 | — | — | 50 | #1,817 |
| 1995 | — | — | 65 | #1,477 |
| 1994 | — | — | 71 | #1,383 |
| 1993 | — | — | 64 | #1,460 |
| 1992 | — | — | 86 | #1,210 |
| 1991 | — | — | 63 | #1,431 |
| 1990 | — | — | 79 | #1,238 |
| 1989 | — | — | 94 | #1,082 |
| 1988 | — | — | 86 | #1,070 |
| 1987 | — | — | 93 | #982 |
| 1986 | — | — | 79 | #1,049 |
| 1985 | — | — | 92 | #950 |
| 1984 | — | — | 89 | #931 |
| 1983 | — | — | 104 | #858 |
| 1982 | — | — | 117 | #819 |
| 1981 | — | — | 109 | #841 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,424 | 109 | #847 |
| 1979 | — | — | 116 | #810 |
| 1978 | — | — | 134 | #726 |
| 1977 | — | — | 128 | #755 |
| 1976 | — | — | 157 | #653 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,993 | 135 | #713 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,264 | 136 | #705 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,674 | 144 | #665 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,296 | 161 | #619 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,624 | 150 | #676 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,064 | 148 | #672 |
| 1969 | — | — | 167 | #606 |
| 1968 | — | — | 164 | #594 |
| 1967 | — | — | 166 | #587 |
| 1966 | — | — | 158 | #596 |
| 1965 | — | — | 210 | #530 |
| 1964 | — | — | 268 | #481 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,597 | 292 | #459 |
| 1962 | — | — | 341 | #432 |
| 1961 | — | — | 362 | #417 |
| 1960 | — | — | 392 | #398 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,031 | 440 | #376 |
| 1958 | — | — | 387 | #396 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,380 | 386 | #393 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,326 | 398 | #372 |
| 1955 | — | — | 286 | #434 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,658 | 313 | #406 |
| 1953 | — | — | 266 | #436 |
| 1952 | — | — | 265 | #429 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,838 | 262 | #419 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,742 | 216 | #447 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,676 | 231 | #440 |
| 1948 | — | — | 286 | #402 |
| 1947 | — | — | 330 | #379 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,421 | 290 | #383 |
| 1945 | — | — | 216 | #409 |
| 1944 | — | — | 210 | #417 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,808 | 201 | #443 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,626 | 223 | #410 |
| 1941 | — | — | 192 | #423 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,356 | 166 | #449 |
| 1939 | — | — | 198 | #405 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,854 | 193 | #408 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,260 | 205 | #384 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,193 | 199 | #388 |
| 1935 | — | — | 209 | #376 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,290 | 194 | #396 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,541 | 170 | #417 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,417 | 199 | #399 |
| 1931 | — | — | 185 | #415 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,056 | 172 | #451 |
| 1929 | — | — | 170 | #453 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,438 | 190 | #433 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,285 | 164 | #472 |
| 1926 | — | — | 147 | #496 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,364 | 125 | #549 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,073 | 151 | #508 |
| 1923 | — | — | 103 | #631 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,662 | 109 | #617 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,403 | 119 | #580 |
| 1920 | — | — | 150 | #493 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,006 | 160 | #472 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,873 | 133 | #519 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,602 | 133 | #497 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,427 | 122 | #515 |
| 1915 | — | — | 175 | #405 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,881 | 144 | #395 |
| 1913 | — | — | 101 | #427 |
| 1912 | — | — | 121 | #342 |
| 1911 | — | — | 65 | #337 |
| 1910 | — | — | 73 | #285 |
| 1909 | — | — | 47 | #339 |
| 1908 | — | — | 45 | #335 |
| 1907 | — | — | 40 | #341 |
| 1906 | — | — | 43 | #316 |
| 1905 | — | — | 39 | #319 |
| 1904 | — | — | 33 | #351 |
| 1903 | — | — | 38 | #303 |
| 1902 | — | — | 42 | #291 |
| 1901 | — | — | 21 | #407 |
| 1900 | — | — | 37 | #357 |
| 1899 | — | — | 27 | #346 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #419 |
| 1897 | — | — | 20 | #422 |
| 1896 | — | — | 27 | #367 |
| 1895 | — | — | 23 | #399 |
| 1894 | — | — | 26 | #358 |
| 1893 | — | — | 25 | #359 |
| 1892 | — | — | 22 | #404 |
| 1891 | — | — | 21 | #377 |
| 1890 | — | — | 15 | #492 |
| 1889 | — | — | 23 | #370 |
| 1888 | — | — | 23 | #387 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #420 |
| 1886 | — | — | 27 | #325 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #441 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | — | — | 21 | #371 |
| 1882 | — | — | 33 | #298 |
| 1881 | — | — | 19 | #389 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #526 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).