Calder is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2016 and remains in steady use.
Calder is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,731 for boy births in the United States (and #3,694 across all names), given to 94 babies. Calder first appears in 1980 and peaked in 2016 (120 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,731 |
| 2024 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,987 |
| 2023 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,549 |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,829 |
| 2021 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,904 |
| 2020 | 91 | 91 | #15,565 | #1,768 |
| 2019 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,817 |
| 2018 | 104 | 104 | #14,118 | #1,648 |
| 2017 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,532 |
| 2016 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,444 |
| 2015 | 85 | 85 | #14,846 | #1,856 |
| 2014 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,732 |
| 2013 | 70 | 70 | — | #1,971 |
| 2012 | 72 | 72 | #13,762 | #2,093 |
| 2011 | 83 | 83 | #15,190 | #1,835 |
| 2010 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,071 |
| 2009 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,102 |
| 2008 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,127 |
| 2007 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,978 |
| 2006 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,107 |
| 2005 | 46 | 46 | #13,265 | #2,758 |
| 2004 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,078 |
| 2003 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,549 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,564 |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,154 |
| 2000 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,681 |
| 1999 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,117 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,206 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | — | #3,756 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | — | #4,042 |
| 1995 | 20 | — | — | #3,322 |
| 1994 | 21 | — | — | #3,232 |
| 1993 | 26 | — | — | #2,715 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | — | #3,626 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | — | #4,263 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | — | #3,997 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | — | #3,221 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | — | #2,523 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | — | #4,001 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | — | #6,033 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,432 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | — | #2,541 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #5,583 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | — | #4,192 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,181 |