Boys' name · since 2006
Allistair
90 babies named Allistair in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,055 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,398 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
90 babies have been named Allistair since 2006, making it today's #11398 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Allistair recorded 90 times among boys since 2006, holding rank #11398 nationally today, ahead of 18% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #18,055 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,398 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 90 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Allistair ranks #18,055 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,398 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 90 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,055 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,398 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Allistair's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Allistair compares
90 24th 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
Allistair's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Allistair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 90 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Allistair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Allistair's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Allistair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Allistair by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Allistair's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Allistair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Allistair's data
- Allistair's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- 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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Similar record span (~19 yrs)
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, 2006–2025 (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 Allistair 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.