Alister — #1653 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alister

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,561 babies named Alister between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alister currently holds the #1653 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 140 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alister performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 736 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Alister shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 142 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alister in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alister 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 1,561 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.