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Alter Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Alter?

In 2018 the rare name Alter, ranked the 8,127th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Alter would be a striking name choice.

Position 3282, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1933.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2012 with 21 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Alter was less than 5, most recently in 1994.

unequivocal downward movement occurred about 2012-2015.

Sometimes the name Alter has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Alter has been moving upward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Alter for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alter?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Alter is mostly unused and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Alter (Girl)Alter (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 9 8,127
2017 < 5 -- 9 8,153
2016 < 5 -- 5 12,255
2015 < 5 -- 10 7,507
2014 < 5 -- 11 7,065
2013 < 5 -- 11 7,039
2012 < 5 -- 21 4,533
2011 < 5 -- 12 6,589
2010 < 5 -- 7 9,721
2009 < 5 -- 10 7,710
2008 < 5 -- 14 6,076
2007 < 5 -- 7 9,819
2006 < 5 -- 12 6,474
2005 < 5 -- 12 6,236
2004 < 5 -- 13 5,822
2003 < 5 -- 7 8,684
2002 < 5 -- 10 6,547
2001 < 5 -- 12 5,679
2000 < 5 -- 10 6,331
1999 < 5 -- 5 9,973
1998 < 5 -- 5 9,678
1997 < 5 -- 5 9,312
1996 < 5 -- 10 5,547
1995 < 5 -- 7 7,011
1994 < 5 -- < 5 --
1993 < 5 -- 5 8,738
1992 < 5 -- 5 8,483
1991 < 5 -- < 5 --
1990 < 5 -- < 5 --
1989 < 5 -- < 5 --
1988 < 5 -- < 5 --
1987 < 5 -- < 5 --
1986 < 5 -- < 5 --
1985 < 5 -- 8 4,715
1984 < 5 -- 9 4,224
1983 < 5 -- < 5 --
1982 < 5 -- 5 6,401
1981 < 5 -- 5 6,304
1980 < 5 -- 5 6,287
1979 < 5 -- < 5 --
1978 < 5 -- 5 5,810
1977 < 5 -- < 5 --
1976 < 5 -- 6 4,946
1975 < 5 -- < 5 --
1974 < 5 -- < 5 --
1973 < 5 -- < 5 --
1972 < 5 -- < 5 --
1971 < 5 -- < 5 --
1970 < 5 -- < 5 --
1969 < 5 -- < 5 --
1968 < 5 -- 5 4,154
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 4,007
1958 < 5 -- 6 3,565
1957 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1955 < 5 -- < 5 --
1954 < 5 -- < 5 --
1953 < 5 -- < 5 --
1952 < 5 -- < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- < 5 --
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- 5 3,689
1947 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1934 < 5 -- < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- 6 3,282
1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1930 < 5 -- 5 4,015
1929 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1922 5 5,042 7 3,538
1921 6 4,479 < 5 --
1920 < 5 -- 6 3,826
1919 < 5 -- 7 3,404
1918 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1915 < 5 -- 5 3,838
1914 7 2,888 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.