Alistair

#897 for boys in 2025, 265 births

Peak · boys
#885
2016 · 247 births
Debut · boys
1956
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,088
since 1956

Alistair over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alistair has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #885, 2016boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#897265
2024#909257
2023#921250
2022#929248
2021#901255
2020#961226
2019#968221
2018#1,009205
2017#929225
2016#885247
2015#1,023198
2014#1,080179
2013#1,305132
2012#1,346126
2011#1,495108
2010#1,80681
2009#1,71790
2008#2,03968
2007#1,97271
2006#2,34853
2005#2,61442
2004#3,15831
2003#3,73223
2002#3,34926
2001#3,84221
2000#3,42324
1999#2,79530
1998#3,84918
1997#4,96012
1996#3,10723
1995#3,43219
1994#2,84725
1993#3,24620
1992#4,56412
1991#2,98921
1990#4,99310
1989#3,44616
1988#3,91512
1987#4,23910
1986#3,44013
1985#3,21614
1984#3,10714
1983#4,4998
1982#5,6196
1981#3,22113
1980#5,5256
1979#4,0689
1978#5,0596
1977#2,91014
1976#3,7249
1975#3,42810
1974#3,12011
1973#3,4459
1972#2,99111
1971#2,81312
1970#4,7245
1969#4,4045
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five boys were named Alistair! It came in at #3,216, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1957–1963, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alistair is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMINew York: #1,601 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 22,914 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alistair, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,601 · 1 in 22,914

Best ever in a state: #334 in West Virginia, 2023.

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See more about Alistair
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#909 → #897)
  • 64 spots since 2020 (#961 → #897)
  • 126 spots since 2015 (#1,023 → #897)
  • Biggest jump: 138 spots in 2016 (#1,023 → #885)
  • Biggest drop: 80 spots in 2018 (#929 → #1,009)
Rise & fade · boys
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 2016 at #885 (247 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,446
  • Highest: 1 in 6,446 boys born in 2025 were named Alistair (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #885 in 2016, was only 1 in 7,683 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 42.1% of all boys named Alistair (1,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s7#3,216 (1956)#3,216
1960s11#3,601 (1964)#4,003
1970s96#2,813 (1971)#3,628
1980s112#3,107 (1984)#4,023
1990s190#2,795 (1999)#3,678
2000s449#1,717 (2009)#2,819
2010s1,722#885 (2016)#1,185
2020s1,501#897 (2025)#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.

Alistair in 2000

boys
#3,423
24 births · 1 in 81,833 boys

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #3,423Alistair24
More about 2000

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 81,833 of them was named Alistair, which outranked 71.8% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alistair
  1. #3,299Zakariya25
  2. #3,299Zavien25
  3. #3,299Zebadiah25
  4. #3,423Alistair24
  5. #3,423Aleck24
  6. #3,423Alias24
  7. #3,423Amadeus24
  8. #3,536Aaren23
  9. #3,536Aarron23
  10. #3,536Aaryn23

Tied with 112 names at #3,423; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000 →