Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Al

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Al
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

440

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

All-time

17,068

Al once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 440 boys were named Al.

In 2024, only 8 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 17,068 Americans have been named Al and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

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