Liston
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 930since 1888
Liston over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Liston has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five boys were named Liston! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Liston is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Liston in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Liston
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #917 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,142
- Highest: 1 in 20,142 boys born in 1888 were named Liston (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 19.0% of all boys named Liston (177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 123 | #1,408 (1919) | #1,961 |
| 1920s | 177 | #1,420 (1923) | #1,926 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,456 (1933) | #2,128 |
| 1940s | 117 | #1,759 (1941) | #2,067 |
| 1950s | 111 | #1,972 (1951) | #2,552 |
| 1960s | 73 | #1,896 (1962) | #3,007 |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,888 |
| 1980s | 36 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,462 |
| 1990s | 24 | #7,792 (1995) | #8,018 |
| 2000s | 34 | #7,698 (2008) | #9,719 |
| 2010s | 43 | #8,744 (2015) | #9,595 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,589 |
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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