Adler
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About Adler
Adler is a German-Jewish surname that is beginning to be used occasionally as a first and is among the stylish new German names for boys. Among the distinguished bearers of Adler as a last name are Freud colleague Alfred Adler, actress and influential acting teacher Stella Adler and Guns N' Roses drummer Steve Adler.
Pronounced AD-ler.
As of October 2026, Adler ranked #871 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,245 | 145 | 75.5 |
| 2015 | #1,198 | 154 | 80.3 |
| 2016 | #1,134 | 170 | 89.6 |
| 2017 | #1,036 | 194 | 104.8 |
| 2018 | #1,069 | 187 | 103 |
| 2019 | #1,054 | 194 | 108.1 |
| 2020 | #924 | 241 | 139.6 |
| 2021 | #907 | 253 | 144.6 |
| 2022 | #975 | 231 | 132.3 |
| 2023 | #945 | 239 | 139.7 |
| 2024 | #961 | 233 | 135.2 |
| 2025 | #871 | 275 | 161 |
World rankings
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Adler on lists
Famous Adlers
- Adler Weiss
Goldstein (b. 2012), son of reality TV personalities Nikki Weiss and Jill Goldstein of "The Real L Word"
- Jonathan Adler
interior designer
- David A. Adler
American author
- Steven Adler
founding drummer for rock band Guns N' Roses
- Alfred Adler
Austrian medical doctor and psychotherapist
- Stella Adler
actress & acting coach who helped develop "The Method"
- Lenard Adler
American psychiatrist
- Adler Lawrence Karp (b. 2019)
son of actress Danielle Fishel and producer Jensen Karp
Adler in pop culture
- Adler von Berg
main character in Belgian comics series "Adler" by René Sterne
- Irene Adler aka The Woman
character in the Sherlock Holmes series
- Grace Adler
character on "Will & Grace"
- Derrick Adler
character on TV series "Close to Home"