Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alder

Gender

Male

Origin

English
from the alder tree

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Green
  • Nature

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #1401, 130 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #10107, 9 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251309
2024129–
20231235
2022125–
20211157
2020887
201993–
201870–
2017589
2016755

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #3112, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20236
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #627, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
20225
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence