Alger is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Alger is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Alger was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1919 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #12,623 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #5,802 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #4,599 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #3,564 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,003 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,374 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #3,956 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,607 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,862 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,647 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,101 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,671 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #3,627 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,280 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #2,826 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,542 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #1,979 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,748 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #2,909 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #2,075 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | #2,498 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,584 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #2,456 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | #2,610 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #2,358 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | #2,146 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #1,853 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #2,866 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,564 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,145 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #1,905 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,328 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,200 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | #2,189 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | #1,585 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,395 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,094 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | #1,586 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,209 |
| 1930 | 16 | — | #1,890 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | #2,455 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | #1,762 |
| 1927 | 25 | — | #1,519 |
| 1926 | 29 | — | #1,353 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #1,808 |
| 1924 | 23 | — | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | #1,754 |
| 1922 | 22 | — | #1,647 |
| 1921 | 29 | — | #1,390 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #1,887 |
| 1919 | 30 | — | #1,297 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #1,649 |
| 1917 | 16 | — | #1,901 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | #1,241 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,784 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | #1,547 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,275 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,426 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,254 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,062 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #664 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #843 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #879 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #816 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #964 |