Allister

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,000
2022 · 76 births
Debut · boys
1925
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,250
since 1925

Allister over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Allister has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016boysat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,99141
2024—#2,59551
2023—#2,61450
2022—#2,00076
2021—#2,00074
2020—#2,19063
2019—#2,21363
2018—#2,57949
2017—#2,38854
2016—#2,13465
2015—#2,64146
2014#14,5586#3,09036
2013—#2,84840
2012—#3,45031
2011—#3,16435
2010—#3,70828
2009—#3,47631
2008—#4,90119
2007—#4,49321
2006—#4,22322
2005—#4,63118
2004—#5,81313
2003—#7,8318
2002—#7,0559
2001—#5,66712
2000—#4,57316
1999—#4,76214
1998—#6,8438
1997—#7,2817
1996—#4,39614
1995—#4,05215
1994—#6,9687
1993—#6,2288
1992—#5,6609
1991—#6,5197
1990—#4,40712
1989—#3,61815
1988—#3,91512
1987—#3,73112
1986—#5,9266
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1984—#4,5528
1983—#4,9077
1982—#4,2349
1981—#5,4686
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1979—#4,0689
1978—#4,1578
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1976—#4,9356
1975—#5,4645
1974—#2,79913
1973—#2,85712
1972—#3,9637
1971—#3,6588
1970—#3,2829
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five boys were named Allister! It came in at #3,741, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Allister is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNHWashington: #955 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,407 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedINOhio: #1,052 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,887 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNMKansas: #494 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,610 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedHITexas: #2,135 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 30,869 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Allister, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kansas#494 · 1 in 2,610
  2. Washington#955 · 1 in 7,407
  3. Ohio#1,052 · 1 in 9,887
  4. Texas#2,135 · 1 in 30,869

Best ever in a state: #494 in Kansas, 2016.

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Kansas#49461 in 2,610
Washington#95551 in 7,407
Ohio#1,05261 in 9,887
Texas#2,13561 in 30,869
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Allister
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 396 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,991)
  • 801 spots since 2020 (#2,190 → #2,991)
  • 350 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #2,991)
Rise & fade · boys
97 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 2022 at #2,000 (76 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 22,974
  • Highest: 1 in 22,974 boys born in 2022 were named Allister (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.8% of all boys named Allister (447) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s21#2,703 (1927)#3,532
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1950s5#3,942 (1956)#3,942
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1970s77#2,799 (1974)#3,909
1980s75#3,618 (1989)#4,544
1990s101#4,052 (1995)#5,712
2000s169#3,476 (2009)#5,266
2010s447#2,134 (2016)#2,822
2020s355#2,000 (2022)#2,398

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.

Allister in 2016

boys
#2,134
65 births · 1 in 29,196 boys

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #2,134Allister65
More about 2016

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 29,196 of them was named Allister, which outranked 85.0% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allister
  1. #2,110Riggs66
  2. #2,110Sameer66
  3. #2,110Yonatan66
  4. #2,134Allister65
  5. #2,134Antwon65
  6. #2,134Aren65
  7. #2,134Charleston65
  8. #2,145Conway64
  9. #2,145Deanthony64
  10. #2,145Demario64

Tied with 10 names at #2,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →