Alistair — #907 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alistair

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,822 babies named Alistair between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alistair currently holds the #907 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 257 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alistair performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,721 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alistair shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 415 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alistair in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alistair 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 3,822 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.