Allistair

Peak · boys
2019 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
90
since 2006

Allistair over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Allistair has never cracked the top 7,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #7,173, 2019boys
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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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rankbirths
2025#10,6956
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2023#9,7637
2022#8,9908
2021#10,7996
2020#10,6056
2019#7,17311
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2014#9,6427
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First appearance
2006

The first year at least five boys were named Allistair! It came in at #12,055, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2006–2013, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Allistair is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Allistair in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Allistair
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2006
  • Peaked 2019 at #7,173 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 5 yrs later
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 163,111
  • Highest: 1 in 163,111 boys born in 2019 were named Allistair (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 57.8% of all boys named Allistair (52) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s5#12,055 (2006)#12,055
2010s52#7,173 (2019)#9,647
2020s33#8,990 (2022)#10,170

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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