Algernon
Recorded 1886–2016 · United States
Algernon was most popular in 1972, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,864 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 985 people named Algernon.
Algernon over time
How old is the name Algernon?
Algernon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 90 of the 140 years since. It was last recorded in 2016.
How many people are named Algernon?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 985 American births named Algernon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 672 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Algernon in 2025?
Algernon was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Algernon getting more or less popular?
Algernon is out of use. It averaged 7 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Algernon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Algernon is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 985 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Algernon?
Roughly 672 Americans named Algernon are alive today — 68% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 48 years old, and half are between 37 and 58.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org