Alder
Boy · AHL-der · English
Alder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “alder tree”. In 2025 it ranked 1,401st for boys in the US (130 babies).
What does Alder mean?
English: English tree name, from Old English alor
“alder tree”
Named after the alder, a tree of riverbanks and wet ground in the birch family.
- Say it
- AHL-der
Is Alder a girl's or a boy's name?
Alder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 130 boys in the US.
How popular is Alder in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 boys.
Alder in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
How popular is Alder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,401among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 130about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 130 boys in the US were named Alder, making it the 1,401st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. It first appears in the records in 1915. 9 girls were also named Alder in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Alder of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Alder in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,401 |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,423 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,447 |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,529 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,698 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,028 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 75 | #1,936 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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