Calder
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 120 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,166since 1980
Calder over time
Rank among boys' names. Calder 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 | — | #1,728 | 94 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,985 | 78 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,547 | 113 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,826 | 88 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,903 | 80 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,766 | 86 |
| 2019 | — | #1,816 | 84 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #1,648 | 98 |
| 2017 | — | #1,530 | 107 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,443 | 120 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #1,853 | 79 |
| 2014 | — | #1,730 | 87 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,964 | 70 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #2,091 | 65 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,835 | 77 |
| 2010 | — | #2,069 | 65 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,099 | 65 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,125 | 64 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,974 | 39 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,102 | 62 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | — | #2,075 | 57 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,545 | 40 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,556 | 38 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,674 | 34 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,103 | 26 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,215 | 21 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
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| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Calder! It came in at #4,134, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Calder is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#558 · 1 in 3,298
- Colorado#580 · 1 in 3,225
- New York#1,581 · 1 in 15,957
- California#1,641 · 1 in 20,651
- Texas#2,149 · 1 in 29,146
Best ever in a state: #341 in Oregon, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #558 | 8 | 1 in 3,298 |
| Colorado | #580 | 8 | 1 in 3,225 |
| New York | #1,581 | 6 | 1 in 15,957 |
| California | #1,641 | 10 | 1 in 20,651 |
| Texas | #2,149 | 6 | 1 in 29,146 |
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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 Calder
- 257 spots since 2024 (#1,985 → #1,728)
- 38 spots since 2020 (#1,766 → #1,728)
- 125 spots since 2015 (#1,853 → #1,728)
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 2016 at #1,443 (120 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,138 boys born in 2023 were named Calder (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,443 in 2016, was only 1 in 15,814 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.3% of all boys named Calder (852) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 114 | #2,509 (1988) | #3,922 |
| 1990s | 195 | #2,697 (1993) | #3,508 |
| 2000s | 466 | #2,075 (2004) | #2,505 |
| 2010s | 852 | #1,443 (2016) | #1,798 |
| 2020s | 539 | #1,547 (2023) | #1,793 |
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.
Calder in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 283,512 of them was named Calder, which outranked 24.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,464Zyannah7
- #12,464Zyliah7
- #12,464Zyna7
- #13,793Calder6
- #13,793Aabriella6
- #13,793Aadhyareddy6
- #13,793Aadhyasri6
- #15,682Aabidah5
- #15,682Aaheli5
- #15,682Aalasia5
Tied with 1,888 names at #13,793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 18,532 of them was named Calder, which outranked 88.3% 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).
- #1,638Mathis99
- #1,638Montana99
- #1,638Teddy99
- #1,648Calder98
- #1,648Earl98
- #1,648Giuseppe98
- #1,648Jahlil98
- #1,657Ammar97
- #1,657Constantine97
- #1,657Dan97
Tied with 8 names at #1,648; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.