Macalister — #11506 US boys' name
96 babies named Macalister in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Macalister was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Macalister in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Macalister
The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Macalister between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Macalister currently holds the #11506 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Macalister performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Macalister shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Macalister 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 96 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.
Macalister at a glance
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Current rank
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Macalister popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2003)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #11506 among boys.
96 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 11 births in a single year.
Macalister by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 46 births that decade — 48% of Macalister's all-time total
Macalister decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Macalister's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.