How Many People Are Named Al?
people named Al are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,567 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,334 babies named Al in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
450 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALBERT and other names beginning with Al. A notable bearer is American actor Al Pacino (1940-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Al, 1.3% were girls and 98.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Al alive today is about 58 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Al first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 450 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Al has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #285, in 1910. In 2025 it ranked #6,818.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,818 |
| Best rank | #285 (1910) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #411 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Al alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Al were born in California than in any other state: about 906 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Al was given 2.7 times as often in Louisiana, 2.3 times in Mississippi and 1.8 times in Georgia.
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