Calder
Calder was the 1731st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 1444th with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 125 places. More babies were named Calder in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,731 boys, up 37 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 94boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2016120 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,203babies recorded
Calder popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 37 since 2005.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,731 | 94 |
| 2020 | #1,768 | 86 |
| 2010 | #2,071 | 65 |
| 2000 | #2,681 | 34 |
| 1990 | #3,997 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,181 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Calder, counting every spelling?
Calder is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,502 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,731 for Calder on its own. Together these spellings went to 106 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calder | 94 | #1,731 | 453 |
| Caulder | 12 | #6,877 | 46 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Calder?
94 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Calder (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Calder born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 89 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Calder.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Calder?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Calder are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 20. That makes Calder a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Calder by state
How common Calder was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Calder: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Calder, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Calder
How popular is the name Calder?
Calder was the 1731st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 1444th with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 125 places. More babies were named Calder in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Calder a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Calder in the US.
Where is Calder most popular?
In 2021–2025, Calder was most common in Colorado (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Washington and Utah.