Allister — #2598 US boys' name
1,207 babies named Allister in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Allister was born in this single decade.
75 babies were named Allister in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Allister
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,207 babies named Allister between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Allister currently holds the #2598 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 75 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Allister performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 446 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Allister shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Allister in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Allister 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 1,207 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.
Allister at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Allister popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1925
- Peak year (2022)
- 75
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #2598 among boys.
1,207 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 75 births in a single year.
Allister popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2014 (Allister as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Allister accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Allister by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 446 births that decade — 37% of Allister's all-time total
Allister decade highlights
- Peak decade 446 births
- Runner-up 313 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Allister's strongest decade
446 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Allister by state
Where Allister concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 13 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Kansas | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.5% |
36 of 1,207 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.7% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Allister appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1925–2024 (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.