Alder
#3,868 most common boys' name of all time · #9,429 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1903–2025
Rank among boys
#3,868
Rank overall
#9,429 of 105,966
First appeared
1903
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
1,431
Since 2016
1,049
Peak year
2025 #1,402
Best rank
#1,402 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 139/yr
Alder first appears in 1903. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 130 | 139 | #1,402 |
| 2024 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,425 |
| 2023 | 5 | 123 | 128 | #1,468 |
| 2022 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,449 |
| 2021 | 7 | 115 | 122 | #1,534 |
| 2020 | 7 | 88 | 95 | #1,748 |
| 2019 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,699 |
| 2018 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,031 |
| 2017 | 9 | 58 | 67 | #2,272 |
| 2016 | 5 | 75 | 80 | #1,939 |
| 2015 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,155 |
| 2014 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,666 |
| 2013 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #3,763 |
| 2012 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,241 |
| 2011 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,674 |
| 2010 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 2009 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,443 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,495 |
| 2007 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,940 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,671 |
| 2004 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,617 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,896 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,458 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,050 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,262 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,638 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,094 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,515 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,637 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,475 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,493 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | — |