Algernon is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Algernon is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Algernon was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1972 (29 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #12,278 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #12,165 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | #8,815 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #8,172 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #12,564 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #8,201 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #10,728 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #10,731 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #8,370 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #10,415 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #7,903 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #4,969 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #6,432 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #7,801 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #3,824 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #4,117 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | #3,329 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #3,170 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #3,209 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | #2,684 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | #2,563 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #3,134 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #3,607 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,464 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #3,892 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | #3,111 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #3,418 |
| 1980 | 21 | — | #2,367 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | #2,572 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #2,571 |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #2,559 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #3,728 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | #1,835 |
| 1974 | 22 | — | #1,986 |
| 1973 | 18 | — | #2,216 |
| 1972 | 29 | — | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 28 | — | #1,670 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #2,400 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #2,218 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | #1,895 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,613 |
| 1966 | 14 | — | #2,133 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #2,479 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #2,859 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #3,653 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,102 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #2,536 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #2,035 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #2,646 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #2,635 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #2,975 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,562 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,749 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,534 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #3,098 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #2,138 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #3,026 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | #2,341 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #2,443 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #2,867 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,221 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,139 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,469 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,487 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,182 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #2,909 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,635 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #2,978 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,276 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #2,643 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,029 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,567 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,164 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,216 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,395 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,159 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,266 |
| 1923 | 13 | — | #2,332 |
| 1922 | 12 | — | #2,490 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #2,805 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,217 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #3,742 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,377 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,563 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,391 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,625 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,777 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | #1,805 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #1,750 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #965 |