Alter is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Alter is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,869 for boy births in the United States (and #12,360 across all names), given to 15 babies. Alter first appears in 1914 and peaked in 2012 (21 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,869 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,774 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,292 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,120 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,615 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,246 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,188 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,182 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,286 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,517 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,076 |
| 2013 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,049 |
| 2012 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,537 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,597 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,732 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,715 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,084 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,823 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,474 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,244 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,827 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,694 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,549 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,683 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,336 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | — | #9,976 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #9,681 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #9,312 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | — | #5,547 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | — | #7,014 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #8,739 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | — | #8,486 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | — | #4,717 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | — | #4,226 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | — | #6,402 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | — | #6,305 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,285 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,809 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #4,952 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,154 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,007 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,283 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #3,689 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | — | #3,282 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,016 |
| 1922 | 12 | — | #5,041 | #3,538 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,479 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | — | — | #3,826 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,403 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #3,838 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,888 | — |