How rare is the name Alberto?

96,609 people in the United States have the first name Alberto, about 1 in 3,126. It ranks #564 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALBERTO

#564

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
96,609
About
1 in 3,126
This common or more
60.7%
Who bears it

Of the 96,609 people named Alberto, 92.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% as White and 2.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alberto peaked in 1991, when 1,435 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
1,435
In 2025*
301 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 63,259 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alberto by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #456. The largest share of babies named Alberto, 29.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,30819
1890s#2,22147
1900s#1,676127
1910s#1,388633
1920s#1,0621,534
1930s#1,0691,287
1940s#1,0601,657
1950s#8853,387
1960s#7245,516
1970s#6007,308
1980s#48810,171
1990s#45613,166
2000s#59210,878
2010s#1,0865,407
2020s#1,5002,122
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.1%
Silent Generation 1928–453.9%
Baby boom 1946–6410.6%
Generation X 1965–8017.7%
Millennials 1981–9629.6%
Generation Z 1997–1226.2%
2013 and later8.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alberto is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alberto has been most common in Texas (3.8×), California (3.2×), and Arizona (3.2×), and least common in Missouri (0.02×).

59,154 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alberto, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Alberto ranks #5,104 of 156,621, with 6,652 people. See Alberto as a last name

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