Occupational name for a wool comber
Karder is a modern phonetic spelling of the English occupational surname Carder. Historically, a carder was someone who used a 'card' (a wire-toothed tool) to comb and disentangle wool or cotton fibers before spinning.
Less common today
Karder isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,609 in 2014.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
