Alaster — #5781 US boys' name
125 babies named Alaster in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Alaster was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Alaster in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alaster
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Alaster between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alaster currently holds the #5781 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alaster performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alaster shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alaster in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 125 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alaster at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alaster popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #5781 among boys.
125 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 16 births in a single year.
Alaster by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 49 births that decade — 39% of Alaster's all-time total
Alaster decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alaster's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.