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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 130 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,363since 1915
Alder over time
Rank among boys' names. Alder has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #1,401 | 130 |
| 2024 | — | #1,423 | 129 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,465 | 123 |
| 2022 | — | #1,447 | 125 | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #1,529 | 115 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,743 | 88 |
| 2019 | — | #1,698 | 93 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,029 | 71 | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #2,270 | 58 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,936 | 75 |
| 2015 | — | #3,149 | 36 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | — | #3,231 | 34 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
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| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
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| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#364 · 1 in 1,640
- Oregon#474 · 1 in 2,151
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
- Ohio#1,015 · 1 in 7,505
Best ever in a state: #254 in Oregon, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #364 | 20 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alder
- 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)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2025 at #1,401 (130 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,139 boys born in 2025 were named Alder (0.01%)
- 52.1% of all boys named Alder (710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,391 (1919) | #3,392 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 11 | #6,426 (1988) | #6,475 |
| 1990s | 12 | #7,560 (1998) | #8,288 |
| 2000s | 132 | #4,375 (2007) | #6,388 |
| 2010s | 485 | #1,698 (2019) | #2,928 |
| 2020s | 710 | #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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 178,585 of them was named Alder, which outranked 41.6% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #9,457Zuzu10
- #9,457Zyari10
- #9,457Zylie10
- #10,107Alder9
- #10,107Aafiya9
- #10,107Aaliah9
- #10,107Aanshi9
- #10,917Aadhyareddy8
- #10,917Aaila8
- #10,917Aairah8
Tied with 809 names at #10,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 13,139 of them was named Alder, which outranked 89.9% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #1,393Sakai131
- #1,393Scotty131
- #1,393Scout131
- #1,401Alder130
- #1,401Advik130
- #1,401Eliot130
- #1,401Lisandro130
- #1,409Cayde129
- #1,409Dale129
- #1,409Fox129
Tied with 7 names at #1,401; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.