Thirty years of Albie
Albie in numbers
Albie has climbed from 17 boys in 1996 to 1,702 in 2025, close to its peak of 1,820 in 2024. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2015 and 2018, from 601 to 1,284. It ranked 853rd in 1996, reached 19th in 2024 and ranks 21st now. On average it was given to 20 boys a year in the late 1990s, 69 in the 2000s, 683 in the 2010s and 1,687 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-6%1,820 to 1,702
- 5 years+16%1,473 to 1,702
- 10 years+183%601 to 1,702
- 20 years+2,403%68 to 1,702
- Since 1996×10017 to 1,702
- Total, 1996 to 202517,719boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 21 · ONS · 1,820 in 2024
Rank 30 · NRS · 123 in 2024
Rank 55 · NISRA · 34 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 1,702 | -6% | 1 in 177 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,820 | +4% | 1 in 168 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,756 | +7% | 1 in 173 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,641 | -5% | 1 in 189 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1,729 | +17% | 1 in 185 |
| 2020 | 35 | 1,473 | +5% | 1 in 213 |
| 2019 | 45 | 1,400 | +9% | 1 in 235 |
| 2018 | 52 | 1,284 | +15% | 1 in 263 |
| 2017 | 57 | 1,114 | +41% | 1 in 312 |
| 2016 * | 88 | 788 | +31% | 1 in 452 |
| 2015 | 107 | 601 | +13% | 1 in 596 |
| 2014 | 117 | 534 | +26% | 1 in 668 |
| 2013 | 139 | 424 | +43% | 1 in 845 |
| 2012 | 188 | 297 | +31% | 1 in 1,260 |
| 2011 | =218 | 226 | +43% | 1 in 1,641 |
| 2010 | 288 | 158 | +7% | 1 in 2,348 |
| 2009 | =291 | 148 | +31% | 1 in 2,447 |
| 2008 | =341 | 113 | +26% | 1 in 3,212 |
| 2007 | =400 | 90 | +14% | 1 in 3,938 |
| 2006 | =421 | 79 | +16% | 1 in 4,334 |
| 2005 | =426 | 68 | +0% | 1 in 4,861 |
| 2004 | =408 | 68 | +39% | 1 in 4,828 |
| 2003 | =490 | 49 | +88% | 1 in 6,498 |
| 2002 | =722 | 26 | +8% | 1 in 11,771 |
| 2001 | =728 | 24 | -17% | 1 in 12,692 |
| 2000 | =624 | 29 | +32% | 1 in 10,676 |
| 1999 | =750 | 22 | -4% | 1 in 14,511 |
| 1998 | =716 | 23 | +44% | 1 in 14,169 |
| 1997 | =914 | 16 | -6% | 1 in 20,598 |
| 1996 | =853 | 17 | 1 in 19,617 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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