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Al

Pronounced /æl/

Rank in 2024
#9,832
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1959 · #376
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 8 boys were named Al, about 1 in every 214,414.
  • It peaked in 1959 with 440 babies, ranked #376.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 17,068 boys have been named Al since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Al per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,643 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 3,492 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,012 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,383 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,341 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 525 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 198 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Noun ==== Al (plural Als) (sciences) Alfen number

  • A diminutive of the male given names Alan, Albert, Alexander, Alfred, and other male or female names beginning with Al- [[#English|]], from the Celtic languages, the Germanic languages, Ancient Greek, or Old English.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/æl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Al, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Yael

    Rank
    #789
    Born '24
    317
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Hal

    Rank
    #3,488
    Born '24
    33
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19562024