Adler
Boy · AD-ler · Germanic
Adler is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 871st for boys in the US (275 babies).
What does Adler mean?
Germanic: German surname from the word for eagle
“eagle”
Irene Adler is the woman who outwits Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's story 'A Scandal in Bohemia'.
- Say it
- AD-ler
Is Adler a girl's or a boy's name?
Adler is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 275 boys in the US.
How popular is Adler in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 boys.
Adler in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
How popular is Adler in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #871among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 275about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 275 boys in the US were named Adler, making it the 871st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 924th. It first appears in the records in 1985. 17 girls were also named Adler in 2025 (6,545th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Adler of any year since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Adler in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adler in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 275 | #871 |
| 2024 | 233 | #969 |
| 2023 | 239 | #946 |
| 2022 | 231 | #975 |
| 2021 | 253 | #907 |
| 2020 | 241 | #924 |
| 2019 | 194 | #1,054 |
| 2018 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2017 | 194 | #1,036 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | 154 | #1,198 |
| 2014 | 145 | #1,245 |
| 2013 | 139 | #1,255 |
| 2012 | 155 | #1,172 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,448 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2009 | 97 | #1,625 |
| 2008 | 82 | #1,802 |
| 2007 | 99 | #1,576 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,885 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
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