Alder

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #1,401 for boys in 2025, 130 births
Given to boys 95.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,401
2025 · 130 births
Debut · boys
1915
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,363
since 1915

Alder over time

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Rank among boys' names. Alder has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#10,1079#1,401130
2024—#1,423129
2023#15,1945#1,465123
2022—#1,447125
2021#12,2067#1,529115
2020#12,1427#1,74388
2019—#1,69893
2018—#2,02971
2017#10,6899#2,27058
2016#16,2155#1,93675
2015—#3,14936
2014—#2,66145
2013#14,5826#3,75327
2012—#3,23134
2011—#4,65920
2010—#3,89426
2009—#4,42922
2008—#5,48716
2007—#4,37522
2006—#6,90411
2005—#6,63411
2004—#4,60218
2003—#7,8318
2002—#9,3926
2001—#6,01311
2000—#8,2097
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Alder! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alder is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedNHWashington: #557 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,137 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMINew York: #1,767 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,148 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedRIOregon: #378 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,662 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,515 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 41,303 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alder, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oregon#378 · 1 in 1,662
  2. Washington#557 · 1 in 3,137
  3. New York#1,767 · 1 in 19,148
  4. California#2,515 · 1 in 41,303

Best ever in a state: #254 in Oregon, 2024.

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Oregon#378101 in 1,662
Washington#557111 in 3,137
New York#1,76751 in 19,148
California#2,51551 in 41,303
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See more about Alder
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#1,423 → #1,401)
  • 342 spots since 2020 (#1,743 → #1,401)
  • 1,748 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #1,401)
Rise & fade · boys
110 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2025 at #1,401 (130 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,139
  • Highest: 1 in 13,139 boys born in 2025 were named Alder (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 52.1% of all boys named Alder (710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#3,391 (1919)#3,392
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1980s11#6,426 (1988)#6,475
1990s12#7,560 (1998)#8,288
2000s132#4,375 (2007)#6,388
2010s485#1,698 (2019)#2,928
2020s710#1,401 (2025)#1,501

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alder in 2018

boys
#2,029
71 births · 1 in 25,580 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #2,029Alder71
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 25,580 of them was named Alder, which outranked 85.6% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alder
  1. #2,017Said72
  2. #2,017Shia72
  3. #2,017Ulices72
  4. #2,029Alder71
  5. #2,029Abdallah71
  6. #2,029Aslan71
  7. #2,029Bently71
  8. #2,046Ahaan70
  9. #2,046Amere70
  10. #2,046Ames70

Tied with 16 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →