Alter is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #12392 for boy births in the United States, given to 15 babies. Alter first appears in the data in 1914 and reached its peak in 2012 (21 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #12,392 |
| 2023 | 10 | #16,301 |
| 2022 | 11 | #15,342 |
| 2021 | 11 | #15,186 |
| 2020 | 7 | #20,226 |
| 2019 | 9 | #17,571 |
| 2018 | 9 | #17,630 |
| 2017 | 9 | #17,783 |
| 2016 | 5 | #26,432 |
| 2015 | 10 | #16,747 |
| 2014 | 11 | #15,780 |
| 2013 | 11 | #15,836 |
| 2012 | 21 | #10,288 |
| 2011 | 12 | #15,063 |
| 2010 | 7 | #21,850 |
| 2009 | 10 | #17,533 |
| 2008 | 14 | #13,999 |
| 2007 | 7 | #22,375 |
| 2006 | 12 | #15,135 |
| 2005 | 12 | #14,473 |
| 2004 | 13 | #13,375 |
| 2003 | 7 | #19,848 |
| 2002 | 10 | #15,280 |
| 2001 | 12 | #13,285 |
| 2000 | 10 | #14,744 |
| 1999 | 5 | #22,709 |
| 1998 | 5 | #22,143 |
| 1997 | 5 | #21,460 |
| 1996 | 10 | #13,012 |
| 1995 | 7 | #16,397 |
| 1993 | 5 | #20,569 |
| 1992 | 5 | #20,267 |
| 1985 | 8 | #11,433 |
| 1984 | 9 | #10,359 |
| 1982 | 5 | #15,670 |
| 1981 | 5 | #15,521 |
| 1980 | 5 | #15,470 |
| 1978 | 5 | #14,421 |
| 1976 | 6 | #12,212 |
| 1968 | 5 | #10,451 |
| 1959 | 5 | #9,568 |
| 1958 | 7 | #7,637 |
| 1948 | 5 | #8,394 |
| 1933 | 6 | #6,627 |
| 1930 | 5 | #8,023 |
| 1922 | 12 | #5,095 |
| 1921 | 6 | #7,902 |
| 1920 | 6 | #7,792 |
| 1919 | 7 | #6,906 |
| 1915 | 5 | #7,733 |
| 1914 | 7 | #5,423 |