Calder — #1997 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Calder

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,070 babies named Calder between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Calder currently holds the #1997 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 120 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calder performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 851 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Calder shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 197 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Calder in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calder 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 2,070 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.