girls:
59 births since 1903
#5657 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1915
#3498 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1903
#6578 (15th percentile)
The name Alder is the #6,578 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,162 recorded births since 1903. This represents the 15.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,498 (23.7% percentile) for all time with 1,103 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,657 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 59 births since 1903.
Alder first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903 (1903 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Alder is available in 34 out of the 121 years between 1903 and 2023 (30 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Alder has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.9% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1915, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1903 to 1914), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (95.7% boys from 1915 to 2023).
For boys, Alder reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #804) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 67 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alder is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #793 (13.0% percentile) with 67 births per million.
For girls, Alder reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #945) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 18 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alder ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 15.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alder".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Alder. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Alder is pronounced as AWL-der, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHL-der, at 34.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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