Alston — #3781 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alston

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,562 babies named Alston between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alston currently holds the #3781 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 594 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Alston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 191 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alston in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alston 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 2,562 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.