Alter
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#5861
recorded as boys
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
Babies in 2025
15
boys 15
Peak year
2012
21 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
426
since 1914
Born an Alter? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Alter was most popular in 2012, when 21 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 15 babies were named Alter, ranking #5861 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 15 | 5861 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 10 | 7738 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 11 | 7262 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 11 | 7089 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 7 | 9554 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 9 | 8215 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 9 | 8140 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 10 | 7491 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 11 | 7048 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 11 | 7026 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 21 | 4533 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 12 | 6578 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 10 | 7692 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 14 | 6070 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 7 | 9788 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 12 | 6460 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 12 | 6226 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 13 | 5813 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 12 | 5667 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 10 | 6316 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 7 | 6992 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 9 | 4215 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | 5009 | 7 | 3532 |
| 1921 | 6 | 4464 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 7 | 2876 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 4% · boys 96% across all years