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Karder

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAR-der
Origin
English
US rank, 2025
#10,690 for boys

Karder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wool carder”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Karder mean?

English: spelling of Carder; English occupational surname

“wool carder”

A carder prepared wool for spinning by combing it with spiked tools called cards.

Meaning borrowed from Carder.

Is Karder a girl's or a boy's name?

Karder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Karder in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,690among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 76% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Karder, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.

Half of all the boys named Karder in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

2005Busiest: 30 in 20142025
Karder in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#10,690
20240–
20238#8,916
20226#10,855
20215#12,141
202020#4,694
201916#5,551
201822#4,472
201719#4,931
201623#4,326
201530#3,590
201430#3,530
201319#4,801
201228#3,711
201126#3,883
201014#6,032
200916#5,551
200810#7,693
20079#8,169
20067#9,579
20057#9,108

Names like Karder

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Karder

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Karder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karder, updated 20 October 2026.