Alter

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Peak · boys
#3,268
1933 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1915
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
408
since 1915

Alter over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alter has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,268, 1933boys
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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—#5,86115
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2023—#7,73810
2022—#7,26211
2021—#7,08911
2020—#9,5547
2019—#8,2159
2018—#8,1549
2017—#8,1409
2016—#12,1855
2015—#7,49110
2014—#7,04811
2013—#7,02611
2012—#4,53321
2011—#6,57812
2010—#9,6937
2009—#7,69210
2008—#6,07014
2007—#9,7887
2006—#6,46012
2005—#6,22612
2004—#5,81313
2003—#8,6437
2002—#6,52210
2001—#5,66712
2000—#6,31610
1999—#9,9125
1998—#9,6315
1997—#9,2655
1996—#5,53510
1995—#6,9927
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1993—#8,7005
1992—#8,4355
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1985—#4,6988
1984—#4,2159
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1982—#6,3855
1981—#6,2625
1980—#6,2505
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1978—#5,7725
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1958—#3,2757
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1922#5,0095#3,5327
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Alter! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1915–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Alter is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMINew York: #1,119 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 8,442 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alter, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,119 · 1 in 8,442

Best ever in a state: #751 in New York, 2012.

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New York#1,119101 in 8,442
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See more about Alter
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3,693 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #5,861)
  • 1,630 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1933 at #3,268 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 1 yr later
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 90,331
  • Highest: 1 in 90,331 boys born in 2012 were named Alter (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,268 in 1933, was only 1 in 165,254 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 26.2% of all boys named Alter (107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s12#3,391 (1919)#3,608
1920s13#3,532 (1922)#3,674
1930s11#3,268 (1933)#3,635
1940s5#3,668 (1948)#3,668
1950s12#3,275 (1958)#3,632
1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s11#4,935 (1976)#5,354
1980s32#4,215 (1984)#5,562
1990s42#5,535 (1996)#8,353
2000s107#5,667 (2001)#6,920
2010s104#4,533 (2012)#7,906
2020s54#5,861 (2025)#7,501

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.

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