Alder — #1425 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alder

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,232 babies named Alder between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alder currently holds the #1425 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 129 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alder performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 580 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Alder shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oregon, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Alder in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alder in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,232 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.