Unisex name · since 2008
Altair
245 babies named Altair in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,801 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Altair currently ranks #5801 among unisex names in America, with 245 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Altair has been recorded 245 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #5801 nationally and more common than 58% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #11,783 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,801 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 245 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Altair ranks #11,783 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,801 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 245 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,801 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Altair's 245 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Altair compares
245 41st 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
Altair's all-time total is 34% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Altair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 245 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Altair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Altair's full recorded timeline at 2017, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Altair popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Altair popularity over time - girls
168 total births recorded since 2008 (Altair as girls' name)
Altair by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (144 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Altair's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Altair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
144 births
- 2020s
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 144 births (59% of all-time use).
Altair by state
Where Altair concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 11.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
29 of 245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Altair's data
- Altair's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (144 total births) through the 2020s (96) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Altairs (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Altair: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Altair 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.