Masculine dossier · first seen 1980

Calder

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Calder
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2016

Peak rank proxy

120

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1980Peak 20162024

Peak year

2016

Decline from peak

35.8%

2024

All-time

2,070

Calder has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2016, when 120 boys were named Calder.

In 2024, only 77 boys were given the name.

Down 35.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,070 Americans have been named Calder and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1980.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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