Boys' name · since 1996
Macallister
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 271 babies named Macallister, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 271
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Macallister sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 271 recorded since 1996.
Macallister has 271 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2024.
- #11,218 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 271 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macallister ranks #11,218 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 271
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Macallister's 271 recorded births place it above 75.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Macallister's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Macallister splits its recorded history at 2010: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Macallister popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Macallister by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (107 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Macallister's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Macallister births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
107 births
- 2010s
2010s
105 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 107 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Macallister's decade-level peak was the 2000s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Macallister: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1996–2024 (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 Macallister 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.