Liston — #10921 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Liston

The Social Security Administration has registered 930 babies named Liston between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Liston currently holds the #10921 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Liston performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Liston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Liston in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Liston 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 930 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.