NameTides

Alder

Alder was the #1,401 boys' name in the US in 2025 (130 babies), and #1,374 in Canada.

Alder as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alder as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Alder as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,401 (130)—#1,374 (17)
2024#1,423 (129)—#1,432 (15)
2023#1,465 (123)#3,113 (6)#1,283 (16)
2022#1,447 (125)—#1,284 (16)
2021#1,529 (115)—#1,478 (13)
2020#1,743 (88)#4,608 (3)#1,382 (14)
2019#1,698 (93)—#2,189 (7)
2018#2,029 (71)—#2,176 (7)
2017#2,270 (58)—#2,439 (6)
2016#1,936 (75)—#2,718 (5)
2015#3,149 (36)——
2014#2,661 (45)—#2,667 (5)
2013#3,753 (27)——
2012#3,231 (34)——
2011#4,659 (20)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,401.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2025, 7% of US babies named Alder were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alder is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alder by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #364WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alder (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlderCanadaBoys#1,37417
AlderEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AlderUSGirls#10,1079
AlderUSBoys#1,401130