Calder
Recorded 1980–2025 · United States
Calder was most popular in 2016, when 120 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,140 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,686, with 94 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,203 people named Calder.
Calder over time
How old is the name Calder?
Calder first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1980, which makes it about 45 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 45 of the 46 years since.
How many people are named Calder?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,203 American births named Calder between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,173 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Calder in 2025?
94 American babies were named Calder in 2025, ranking #3,686 that year.
Is Calder getting more or less popular?
Calder is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 91 births a year, against 79 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +14% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Calder a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Calder is a boy’s name — 1.7% of the 2,203 Americans given it were girls and 98.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Calder?
Roughly 2,173 Americans named Calder are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 7 and 20.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Calder is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org