Alaster
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 138since 1998
Alaster over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Alaster has never cracked the top 5,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
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| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
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| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
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| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
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First appearance
1998
The first year at least five boys were named Alaster! It came in at #9,631, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2005, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alaster is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Alaster in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alaster
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 787 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #6,446)
- 4,159 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1998
- Peaked 2024 at #5,659 (16 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 107,680
- Highest: 1 in 107,680 boys born in 2024 were named Alaster (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 44.9% of all boys named Alaster (62) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | #9,631 (1998) | #9,631 |
| 2000s | 22 | #10,662 (2006) | #11,657 |
| 2010s | 49 | #8,789 (2013) | #9,865 |
| 2020s | 62 | #5,659 (2024) | #7,920 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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