Boys' name · since 2007
Alistar
Alistar has 178 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,074 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
178 babies have been named Alistar since 2007, making it today's #7074 boys' name.
Alistar has 178 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7074 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #13,664 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,074 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alistar ranks #13,664 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,074 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 178 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,074 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alistar's 178 recorded births place it above 69.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alistar compares
178 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alistar's all-time total is 52% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alistar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alistar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alistar's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alistar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Alistar by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Alistar's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Alistar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Alistar's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alistar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alistar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.