Adler

Meaning: Eagle
Origin: German surname

Boy's name · #871 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Adler is climbing: on the charts since 1985, it reached #871 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 280 boys given the name last year. Roughly 3,800 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Adler ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,015 in Canada (2025) · #5,463 in Italy (2024) · #2,870 in Ecuador (2024) · #4,992 in England & Wales (2023) · #1,781 in France (1992).

Famous Adlers

Adler Nascimento — Portuguese footballer (born 2004)
Adler Capelli — Italian track cyclist (born 1973)
Adler Da Silva — Swiss footballer (born 1998)
Adler Volmar — Olympic athlete and United States Navy sailor (born 1977)
Adler Guerrier — Haitian American visual artist (born 1975)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 16,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Alfred Adler — Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)
Mortimer J. Adler — American philosopher, author and educator (1902–2001)
René Adler — German footballer (born 1985)

In stories & tradition

Adler — Turtlemaniac (TV episode)

Similar names: Roan · Adiel · Boden · Harlem · Kaiser · Adair

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