How Many People Are Named Alder?
people named Alder are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 246,065 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,431 babies named Alder in Social Security records from 1903 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
139 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alder, 3.5% were girls and 96.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alder alive today is about 7 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alder first appears in the records in 1903, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 139 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1903 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alder has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,402, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,402.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,402 |
| Best rank | #1,402 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,510 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alder alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alder were born in Washington than in any other state: about 154 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alder was given 23.6 times as often in Oregon, 12.3 times in Washington and 1.8 times in California.
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