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Alger

“noble” + “spear”

masculineLatin script

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German

Origin: Germanic languages
3 language contexts: English German Cebuano
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Alger

Alger is a masculine given name documented in English, German and Cebuano. English Wiktionary traces it to Germanic via Middle English and Old French, from the components “noble” + “spear”.

2 source accounts

Germanic languages origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “noble” + “spear”

* As an English surname, when pronounced with a soft g, from the Middle English personal name Alger, borrowed from Old French Aug(i)er, of Germanic origin, from *Adalgari, composed of *aþal (“noble”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Compare Auger. * When pronounced with a hard g it is a variant of Algar. As a Scottish and English surname, it may be a variant of Algeo.

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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German Wiktionary accountSource-reportedwestfriesische Kurzform von Adelger

westfriesische Kurzform von Adelger

Sources for this account (1)

German Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Alger is used

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countries in our sources

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1 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2008: 5 boys (rank 12553). Documented as a given name in English.

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4 of 14 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Alger

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2008: 5; applications; Rank #12,553
Peak year: 1919; 30 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Alger in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	5	959	observed
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	7	815	observed
1889	6	878	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	6	841	observed
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	11	663	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	5	1,058	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	5	1,253	observed
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	6	1,421	observed
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	6	2,269	observed
1913	17	1,256	observed
1914	16	1,545	observed
1915	16	1,782	observed
1916	29	1,240	observed
1917	16	1,900	observed
1918	21	1,648	observed
1919	30	1,297	observed
1920	18	1,885	observed
1921	29	1,390	observed
1922	22	1,644	observed
1923	20	1,753	observed
1924	23	1,628	observed
1925	19	1,806	observed
1926	29	1,353	observed
1927	25	1,516	observed
1928	19	1,760	observed
1929	11	2,452	observed
1930	16	1,889	observed
1931	12	2,207	observed
1932	20	1,584	observed
1933	12	2,093	observed
1934	10	2,393	observed
1935	19	1,584	observed
1936	11	2,184	observed
1937	11	2,197	observed
1938	10	2,326	observed
1939	14	1,879	observed
1940	8	2,671	observed
1941	14	1,903	observed
1942	12	2,145	observed
1943	9	2,563	observed
1944	7	2,862	observed
1945	14	1,852	observed
1946	12	2,143	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	9	2,608	observed
1949	10	2,453	observed
1950	9	2,580	observed
1951	10	2,495	observed
1952	14	2,073	observed
1953	8	2,905	observed
1954	9	2,743	observed
1955	16	1,979	observed
1956	6	3,535	observed
1957	9	2,822	observed
1958	7	3,275	observed
1959	6	3,619	observed
1960	6	3,665	observed
1961	8	3,097	observed
1962	6	3,640	observed
1963	9	2,858	observed
1964	6	3,601	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	9	3,370	observed
1972	5	4,986	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	9	3,558	observed
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	7	4,582	observed
1978	5	5,772	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	5	12,553	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Alger” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Alger with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q135913372CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Alger.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Alger

Alger is a masculine given name documented in English, German and Cebuano. English Wiktionary traces it to Germanic via Middle English and Old French, from the components “noble” + “spear”.

2 source accounts

Germanic languages origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “noble” + “spear”

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

German Wiktionary accountSource-reportedwestfriesische Kurzform von Adelger

westfriesische Kurzform von Adelger

Sources for this account (1)

German Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Alger is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Alger’s connections around the world.

1 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2008: 5 boys (rank 12553). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 14 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Alger

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2008: 5; applications; Rank #12,553
Peak year: 1919; 30 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Alger in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	5	959	observed
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	7	815	observed
1889	6	878	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	6	841	observed
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	11	663	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	5	1,058	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	5	1,253	observed
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	6	1,421	observed
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	6	2,269	observed
1913	17	1,256	observed
1914	16	1,545	observed
1915	16	1,782	observed
1916	29	1,240	observed
1917	16	1,900	observed
1918	21	1,648	observed
1919	30	1,297	observed
1920	18	1,885	observed
1921	29	1,390	observed
1922	22	1,644	observed
1923	20	1,753	observed
1924	23	1,628	observed
1925	19	1,806	observed
1926	29	1,353	observed
1927	25	1,516	observed
1928	19	1,760	observed
1929	11	2,452	observed
1930	16	1,889	observed
1931	12	2,207	observed
1932	20	1,584	observed
1933	12	2,093	observed
1934	10	2,393	observed
1935	19	1,584	observed
1936	11	2,184	observed
1937	11	2,197	observed
1938	10	2,326	observed
1939	14	1,879	observed
1940	8	2,671	observed
1941	14	1,903	observed
1942	12	2,145	observed
1943	9	2,563	observed
1944	7	2,862	observed
1945	14	1,852	observed
1946	12	2,143	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	9	2,608	observed
1949	10	2,453	observed
1950	9	2,580	observed
1951	10	2,495	observed
1952	14	2,073	observed
1953	8	2,905	observed
1954	9	2,743	observed
1955	16	1,979	observed
1956	6	3,535	observed
1957	9	2,822	observed
1958	7	3,275	observed
1959	6	3,619	observed
1960	6	3,665	observed
1961	8	3,097	observed
1962	6	3,640	observed
1963	9	2,858	observed
1964	6	3,601	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	9	3,370	observed
1972	5	4,986	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	9	3,558	observed
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	7	4,582	observed
1978	5	5,772	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	5	12,553	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q135913372CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: AlgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Alger.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Alger

About Alger

Germanic languages origin

Where Alger is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Elgar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Alger

About Alger

Germanic languages origin

Where Alger is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Elgar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Alger

Germanic languages origin

Where Alger is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Elgar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Alger

Germanic languages origin

Where Alger is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Elgar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page