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Alberto

Gender
Boy
Say it
al-BAIR-toh
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,964 for boys
US rank, 2025
#819 for boys

Alberto is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble and bright”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 819th for boys in the US (301 babies).

What does Alberto mean?

Germanic: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Albert

“noble and bright”

The Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Albert.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Alberto a girl's or a boy's name?

Alberto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 301 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alberto in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,964among boys
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Alberto, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 35 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Alberto than any year since 2011.

Half of all the boys named Alberto in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 35 in 20172025
Alberto in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202513#1,964
202419#1,470
202322#1,322
202222#1,312
202124#1,227
202028#1,078
201918#1,479
201823#1,243
201735#961
201628#1,109
201522#1,268
201425#1,162
201320#1,347
201220#1,342
201113#1,788
201019#1,385
200919#1,340
200811#1,930
200715#1,540
200611#1,742
20058#2,090
200411#1,583
20039#1,723
200211#1,384
20015#2,326
20005#2,237
19999#1,451
19980–
19975#2,109
19965#2,094

How popular is Alberto in the US?

Rank in 2025
#819among boys
Babies in 2025
301about 1 in 5,700 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 301 boys in the US were named Alberto, making it the 819th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 681st. Its busiest year was 1991, with 1,421 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alberto than any year since 1952.

Half of all the boys named Alberto in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 1,421 in 19912025
Alberto in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025301#819
2024340#751
2023356#738
2022375#703
2021373#704
2020377#681
2019422#637
2018444#607
2017433#608
2016517#555
2015521#549
2014542#516
2013584#478
2012612#447
2011662#420
2010670#416
2009780#389
2008969#340
20071,041#314
20061,015#315
20051,137#290
20041,124#283
20031,126#277
20021,229#262
20011,243#264
20001,199#270
19991,199#260
19981,239#246
19971,272#240
19961,249#236
19951,293#229
19941,314#221
19931,377#219
19921,349#225
19911,421#218
19901,354#224
19891,180#230
19881,095#226
1987986#240
19861,013#232
19851,042#225
1984944#236
1983981#226
19821,008#231
1981933#240
1980903#249
1979828#255
1978781#260
1977680#287
1976705#273
1975718#270
1974747#261
1973696#268
1972675#282
1971670#297
1970716#292
1969711#278
1968640#296
1967557#316
1966545#320
1965526#328
1964492#354
1963461#366
1962523#340
1961540#337
1960497#349
1959409#393
1958417#381
1957379#397
1956371#388
1955339#391
1954326#395
1953349#366
1952298#398
1951223#450
1950239#429
1949224#444
1948195#479
1947193#482
1946172#490
1945165#462
1944130#531
1943147#513
1942149#501
1941127#527
1940140#487
1939120#519
1938104#575
1937127#511
1936115#534
1935130#501
1934127#517
1933110#543
1932132#499
1931145#470
1930157#473
1929151#478
1928166#475
1927148#498
1926158#479
1925149#497
1924182#452
1923127#545
1922133#543
1921148#509
1920123#551
1919114#559
191889#651
191781#664
191668#734
191577#662
191467#616
191340#734
191239#681
191128#577
191020#654
190917#653
190811#825
190718#591
190620#503
190510#786
190412#686
190311#696
190210#743
19016#942
190012#742
18996#927
18986#1,001
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18937#836
189214#547
18919#635
18905#994
18890–
18880–
18878#679
18865#959
18850–
18840–
18830–
18826#836

Names like Alberto

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Leonardo Hugo Lorenzo Rocco Angelo Arlo Alvaro Reggie Orlando Armando Gabriel Alonso

Names related to Alberto

Albert Alberth Wilberto

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Alberto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alberto, updated 20 October 2026.