Alistair
Rank in 2025
#897
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
265
boys 265
Peak year
2025
265 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,088
since 1956
Born an Alistair? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Alistair was most popular in 2025, when 265 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.16 per 1,000). In 2025, 265 babies were named Alistair, ranking #897 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 23%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 265 | 897 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 257 | 909 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 250 | 921 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 248 | 929 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 255 | 901 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 226 | 961 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 221 | 968 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 205 | 1009 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 225 | 929 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 247 | 885 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 198 | 1023 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 179 | 1080 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 132 | 1305 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 126 | 1346 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 108 | 1495 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 81 | 1806 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 90 | 1717 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 68 | 2039 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 71 | 1972 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 53 | 2348 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 42 | 2614 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 31 | 3158 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 23 | 3732 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 26 | 3349 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 21 | 3842 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 24 | 3423 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 30 | 2795 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 18 | 3849 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 12 | 4960 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 23 | 3107 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 19 | 3432 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 25 | 2847 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 20 | 3246 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 12 | 4564 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 21 | 2989 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 10 | 4993 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 16 | 3446 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 12 | 3915 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 10 | 4239 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 13 | 3440 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 14 | 3216 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 14 | 3107 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 13 | 3221 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 9 | 4068 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 14 | 2910 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 11 | 3120 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 9 | 3445 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 11 | 2991 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 7 | 3216 |
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Where Alistair is most popular
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- Missouri1.9×
- Indiana1.7×
- Michigan1.6×
- Ohio1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.