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Adler

#871 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Eagle

Adler has been given to 4,156 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #871 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 275 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Adler, 2025

1 in 12,100

Adler over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adler over time

In 2025, Adler went to 6% girls and 94% boys.

19852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adler: meaning, origin, and history

Eagle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adler means

Adler means “eagle”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,758 boys were recorded with the name Adler between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 275 in 2025; its best national rank was #871 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #924 in 2020 to #871 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,199 in 2015 to #871 in 2025.

In the United States, 398 girls were recorded with the name Adler between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 35 in 2021; its best national rank was #4,090 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,487 in 2020 to #6,550 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,654 in 2015 to #6,550 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Adler?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,100
275 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,210
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#871
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,357 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Adler sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,357 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adler. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adlers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adler was born before 2017 — so the typical Adler is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,758
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.5% of all recorded uses (1,560).

Is Adler rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+98
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+53
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+328
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.79×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (275)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#871
2025

Spellings of Adler

Adler is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 41.1% against Adler's 0.26%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Adler is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Adler was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 1,923 boys, against 1 in 7,670 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

152 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 1,923
  2. 2Indiana1 in 2,381
  3. 3Wisconsin1 in 2,778
  4. 4Kansas1 in 2,857
  5. 5Missouri1 in 3,030
  6. 6North Dakota1 in 3,030
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 3,226
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 4,348

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Adler is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Adler was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 973,254 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in —
  2. 2Tennessee1 in —
  3. 3Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adler has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Adler around the world

Where Adler ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2016–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • France
    1992–1992
    #2,946
    in 1992
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #1,281
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1989–1989
    #478
    in 1989

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Adler

People whose public names include Adler, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Adler by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#871
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 53
Best rank ever
#871
2025
Peak year
2025
275 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,758
Count in 2025
275

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,550
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,063
Best rank ever
#4,090
2021
Peak year
2021
35 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
398
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Adler

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Adler

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Adler, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Adler

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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