Alby
Boy · AL-bee · Germanic
Alby is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble and bright”. In 2025 it ranked 854th for boys in the UK (41 babies).
What does Alby mean?
Germanic: pet form of Albert
“noble and bright”
A pet form of Albert, given as a name in its own right.
- Say it
- AL-bee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alby a girl's or a boy's name?
Alby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #854among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were named Alby, making it the 854th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 594th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 121 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alby than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Alby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,987 boys in the UK were given Alby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #854 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 896th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Alby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #854 |
| 2024 | 56 | #704 |
| 2023 | 84 | #520 |
| 2022 | 99 | #455 |
| 2021 | 79 | #548 |
| 2020 | 69 | #594 |
| 2019 | 82 | #529 |
| 2018 | 100 | #457 |
| 2017 | 87 | #514 |
| 2016 | 121 | #408 |
| 2015 | 76 | #562 |
| 2014 | 52 | #705 |
| 2013 | 50 | #729 |
| 2012 | 36 | #922 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Alby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Henry Bobby Albert Rudy Lenny Tommy Arthur Archie Teddy Hugo Freddie Sonny
Other spellings of Alby
More Germanic names
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