Names / Boy names
Calder
Current rank
#1,731
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,444
in 2016
First recorded
1980
in U.S. data
Children named
2,200
since 1980
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,444 in 2016 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Rocky water. Stateside, it first shows up in 1980. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Its strongest year was 2016, at #1,444 nationally. Across all years, more than 2,200 children have been named this.