Alistair
#897 for boys in 2025, 265 births
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 247 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,088since 1956
Alistair over time
Rank among boys' names. Alistair has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #897 | 265 |
| 2024 | #909 | 257 |
| 2023 | #921 | 250 |
| 2022 | #929 | 248 |
| 2021 | #901 | 255 |
| 2020 | #961 | 226 |
| 2019 | #968 | 221 |
| 2018 | #1,009 | 205 |
| 2017 | #929 | 225 |
| 2016 | #885 | 247 |
| 2015 | #1,023 | 198 |
| 2014 | #1,080 | 179 |
| 2013 | #1,305 | 132 |
| 2012 | #1,346 | 126 |
| 2011 | #1,495 | 108 |
| 2010 | #1,806 | 81 |
| 2009 | #1,717 | 90 |
| 2008 | #2,039 | 68 |
| 2007 | #1,972 | 71 |
| 2006 | #2,348 | 53 |
| 2005 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
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| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
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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 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#334 · 1 in 1,295
- Arkansas#490 · 1 in 2,094
- Iowa#560 · 1 in 2,669
- Indiana#647 · 1 in 3,511
- Washington#682 · 1 in 3,517
Best ever in a state: #334 in West Virginia, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #334 | 5 | 1 in 1,295 |
| Arkansas | #490 | 6 | 1 in 2,094 |
| Iowa | #560 | 5 | 1 in 2,669 |
| Indiana | #647 | 9 | 1 in 3,511 |
| Washington | #682 | 9 | 1 in 3,517 |
| Ohio | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,771 |
| California | #754 | 34 | 1 in 5,290 |
| Pennsylvania | #788 | 10 | 1 in 5,202 |
| Colorado | #801 | 5 | 1 in 4,963 |
| Louisiana | #819 | 5 | 1 in 4,086 |
| Missouri | #833 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| Georgia | #846 | 10 | 1 in 5,039 |
| Florida | #897 | 15 | 1 in 6,282 |
| Michigan | #902 | 7 | 1 in 5,738 |
| New York | #918 | 14 | 1 in 6,126 |
| Arizona | #920 | 5 | 1 in 6,500 |
| Tennessee | #925 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| Illinois | #938 | 8 | 1 in 6,270 |
| Virginia | #947 | 6 | 1 in 6,208 |
| North Carolina | #951 | 8 | 1 in 6,340 |
| Texas | #1,084 | 20 | 1 in 8,870 |
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See more about Alistair
- 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)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 2016 at #885 (247 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2019–2025
- 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
- 42.1% of all boys named Alistair (1,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 7 | #3,216 (1956) | #3,216 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,601 (1964) | #4,003 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,628 |
| 1980s | 112 | #3,107 (1984) | #4,023 |
| 1990s | 190 | #2,795 (1999) | #3,678 |
| 2000s | 449 | #1,717 (2009) | #2,819 |
| 2010s | 1,722 | #885 (2016) | #1,185 |
| 2020s | 1,501 | #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 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 6,842 of them was named Alistair, which outranked 93.5% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #916Salvatore252
- #919Eugene251
- #919Kellen251
- #921Alistair250
- #921Cain250
- #921Colten250
- #921Jabari250
- #926Castiel249
- #927Shmuel246
- #928Alfred245
Tied with 4 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.