Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alastair

#3,980 most common boys' name of all time · #9,728 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1922–2025

Rank among boys
#3,980
Rank overall
#9,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,364
Since 2016
555
Peak year
2025 #2,152
Best rank
#2,152 2025
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
19401960198020002020

Alastair first appears in 1922. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 67 67 #2,152
2024 — 59 59 #2,376
2023 — 60 60 #2,328
2022 — 50 50 #2,653
2021 — 61 61 #2,283
2020 — 39 39 #2,990
2019 — 62 62 #2,241
2018 — 46 46 #2,684
2017 — 61 61 #2,195
2016 — 50 50 #2,525
2015 — 47 47 #2,609
2014 — 36 36 #3,111
2013 — 28 28 #3,684
2012 — 38 38 #3,024
2011 — 27 27 #3,812
2010 — 25 25 #4,018
2009 — 33 33 #3,340
2008 — 37 37 #3,121
2007 — 29 29 #3,608
2006 — 36 36 #3,040
2005 — 24 24 #3,843
2004 — 18 18 #4,646
2003 — 13 13 #5,614
2002 — 13 13 #5,458
2001 — 14 14 #5,187
2000 — 13 13 #5,352
1999 — 15 15 #4,587
1998 — 10 10 #5,928
1997 — 17 17 #3,925
1996 — 17 17 #3,881
1995 — 17 17 #3,736
1994 — 11 11 #5,190
1993 — 16 16 #3,875
1992 — 22 22 #3,030
1991 — 14 14 #4,070
1990 — 13 13 #4,245
1989 — 18 18 #3,253
1988 — 20 20 #2,797
1987 — 19 19 #2,765
1986 — 24 24 #2,324
1985 — 14 14 #3,283
1984 — 12 12 #3,550
1983 — 6 6 #5,725
1982 — 10 10 #4,077
1981 — 14 14 #3,113
1980 — 8 8 #4,638
1979 — 6 6 #5,580
1978 — 6 6 #5,291
1977 — 8 8 #4,308
1974 — 6 6 #4,846
1972 — 8 8 #3,774
1971 — 5 5 #5,209
1970 — 9 9 #3,398
1969 — 5 5 #4,683
1962 — 5 5 #4,369
1948 — 6 6 #3,591
1929 — 7 7 #3,545
1925 — 5 5 #4,744
1922 — 5 5 #4,831