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How popular is the name Alby?
Births per year, rank history and how many Albies are alive today.
Alby (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Albie in England and Wales, ranked 896th in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 117 babies were given the name, the 387th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 30% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Albie you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Albies born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 18,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 5.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Albie.
How many babies are named Alby each year?
Includes all spellings: Alby, Albie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Alby spelling rank?
Where does the Albie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Alby most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Albie, peaked in 2024, when 1,871 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Alby spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 117 babies.
How many people are called Alby?
At least 18,000 people named Alby in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Alby?
Most living Albies are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 2.
Is Alby becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2024 peak.