Algie

Boy · recorded 1880–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

0438618801908193619631991

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 97 recorded years as a table
Algie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188357
188452
188556
188654
188841
188972
189159
189241
189486
189543
189667
190040
190175
190560
190660
190768
190845
190930
191062
191153
191263
191331
191438
191532
191627
191725
191829
191938
192026
192132
192229
192321
192426
192528
192623
192728
192819
192923
193026
193117
193229
193325
193420
193524
193617
193717
193816
193914
194019
194113
194216
194316
194414
194517
194614
194712
194813
194912
195013
195113
195211
195310
19547
195512
19569
19577
19589
19597
19606
19616
19625
19636
19649
19654
19663
19677
19689
19694
19707
19716
19724
19738
19747
19756
19764
19774
19794
19805
19816
19824
19844
19854
19863
19893
19902
19912

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Algie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
5
Rank in 1991
#8,236
How rare
1 in 404,065 boys
Since 1880
1,529

Algie was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1894, at 86 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Algie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.