girls:
37 births since 2005
#5679 (1st percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1980
#2814 (39th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1980
#5749 (26th percentile)
The name Calder is the #5,749 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,028 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 25.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,814 (38.6% percentile) for all time with 1,991 births since 1980. For girls, it ranks #5,679 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 2005.
Calder first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Calder is available in 43 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 6 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 Calder has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Calder reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 12.5% percentile (ranked #806) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 61 births per million (ranked 11.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Calder is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #805 (11.6% percentile) with 61 births per million.
For girls, Calder reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #935) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Calder".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Calder. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.1% confident that Calder is pronounced as KAWL-der, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHL-der, at 34.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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