Alter

#7,983 most common boys' name of all time · #20,097 across all names · 96% boys / 4% girls · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys

#7,983

Rank overall

#20,097 of 105,966

First appeared

1914

Years on the list

51 of 146

All-time

426

Since 2016

Peak year

2012 #4,553

Best rank

#3,409 1958

Girls Boys peak 21/yr

Alter first appears in 1914. 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	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	—	15	15	#5,903
2023	—	10	10	#7,791
2022	—	11	11	#7,299
2021	—	11	11	#7,125
2020	—	7	7	#9,631
2019	—	9	9	#8,273
2018	—	9	9	#8,219
2017	—	9	9	#8,209
2016	—	5	5	#12,318
2015	—	10	10	#7,557
2014	—	11	11	#7,100
2013	—	11	11	#7,069
2012	—	21	21	#4,553
2011	—	12	12	#6,618
2010	—	7	7	#9,788
2009	—	10	10	#7,760
2008	—	14	14	#6,107
2007	—	7	7	#9,891
2006	—	12	12	#6,510
2005	—	12	12	#6,268
2004	—	13	13	#5,843
2003	—	7	7	#8,725
2002	—	10	10	#6,583
2001	—	12	12	#5,710
2000	—	10	10	#6,384
1999	—	5	5	#10,062
1998	—	5	5	#9,775
1997	—	5	5	#9,390
1996	—	10	10	#5,603
1995	—	7	7	#7,085
1993	—	5	5	#8,856
1992	—	5	5	#8,588
1985	—	8	8	#4,794
1984	—	9	9	#4,290
1982	—	5	5	#6,555
1981	—	5	5	#6,460
1980	—	5	5	#6,429
1978	—	5	5	#5,949
1976	—	6	6	#5,099
1968	—	5	5	#4,333
1959	—	5	5	#4,209
1958	—	7	7	#3,409
1948	—	5	5	#3,910
1933	—	6	6	#3,492
1930	—	5	5	#4,220
1922	5	7	12	#3,696
1921	6	—	6	—
1920	—	6	6	#4,006
1919	—	7	7	#3,589
1915	—	5	5	#4,060
1914	7	—	7	—