Calder
#2,954 most common boys' name of all time · #7,155 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1980–2025
Rank among boys
#2,954
Rank overall
#7,155 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
2,203
Since 2016
959
Peak year
2016 #1,449
Best rank
#1,449 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 120/yr
Calder first appears in 1980. 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 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,737 |
| 2024 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,988 |
| 2023 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,557 |
| 2022 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,836 |
| 2021 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,906 |
| 2020 | 5 | 86 | 91 | #1,773 |
| 2019 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,819 |
| 2018 | 6 | 98 | 104 | #1,654 |
| 2017 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,536 |
| 2016 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,449 |
| 2015 | 6 | 79 | 85 | #1,862 |
| 2014 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,742 |
| 2013 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,975 |
| 2012 | 7 | 65 | 72 | #2,100 |
| 2011 | 6 | 77 | 83 | #1,847 |
| 2010 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,089 |
| 2009 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,112 |
| 2008 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,133 |
| 2007 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,007 |
| 2006 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,120 |
| 2005 | 7 | 39 | 46 | #2,785 |
| 2004 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,097 |
| 2003 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,570 |
| 2002 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,594 |
| 2001 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,198 |
| 2000 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,719 |
| 1999 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,160 |
| 1998 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,270 |
| 1997 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,836 |
| 1996 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,132 |
| 1995 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,393 |
| 1994 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,306 |
| 1993 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,773 |
| 1992 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,715 |
| 1991 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,432 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,134 |
| 1989 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,323 |
| 1988 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,593 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,209 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,547 |
| 1985 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,590 |
| 1984 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,609 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,111 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,495 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,485 |