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Algie

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly having mustaches, through Algernon

Algie has been given to 1,890 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 37 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Algie, 1991

1 in 779,000

Algie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Algie over time

In 1991, Algie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18801991

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Algie: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly having mustaches, through Algernon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Algie means

Algie belongs to the name family reached through Algie → Algernon. Its meaning is “having mustaches”.

Origin, language, and formation

Algie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Algernon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,529 boys were recorded with the name Algie between 1880 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 37 in 1919; its best national rank was #669 in 1894.

In the United States, 361 girls were recorded with the name Algie between 1895 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1920; its best national rank was #1,098 in 1899.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Algie?

Algie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991
1 in 779,000
5 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only
1 in 404,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
539,676 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Algie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 539,676 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Algie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Algies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Algie was born before 1934 — so the typical Algie is around 91 today.

Median birth year
1934
About 91 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
18.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
11.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
454
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1920s — 18.4% of all recorded uses (282).

Is Algie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1919 (37)
Years since peak
106
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#669
1894

Spellings of Algie

Algie is not the most common spelling — Alvin is, with 55.5% against Algie's 0.53%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Algie is used

Across 1910–2025, Algie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 201,446 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 100,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 100,000
  3. 3Virginia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Arkansas1 in —
  5. 5Tennessee1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Algie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Algie around the world

Where Algie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1982–1982
    #424
    in 1982

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Algie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#669
1894
Peak year
1919
37 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
1,529
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,098
1899
Peak year
1920
16 that year
First recorded
1895
Last recorded
1956
All-time count
361
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Algie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AlgerAugieGeorgieElgieAuggieAlgisAlgernonVirgieReggieAlgiaMargieAlgotArgieMaggieAngieAlginAlgirdRegieBengieAlgenisAlgeneAlgertAlgerdAggie

Sibling names for Algie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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