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.

Alistair

#2,001 most common boys' name of all time · #4,814 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among boys
#2,001
Rank overall
#4,814 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
4,088
Since 2016
2,399
Peak year
2025 #899
Best rank
#886 2016
Girls Boys peak 265/yr
1960198020002020

Alistair first appears in 1956. 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 — 265 265 #899
2024 — 257 257 #913
2023 — 250 250 #923
2022 — 248 248 #931
2021 — 255 255 #903
2020 — 226 226 #963
2019 — 221 221 #969
2018 — 205 205 #1,010
2017 — 225 225 #932
2016 — 247 247 #886
2015 — 198 198 #1,025
2014 — 179 179 #1,081
2013 — 132 132 #1,309
2012 — 126 126 #1,350
2011 — 108 108 #1,499
2010 — 81 81 #1,809
2009 — 90 90 #1,721
2008 — 68 68 #2,045
2007 — 71 71 #1,983
2006 — 53 53 #2,357
2005 — 42 42 #2,627
2004 — 31 31 #3,179
2003 — 23 23 #3,768
2002 — 26 26 #3,383
2001 — 21 21 #3,883
2000 — 24 24 #3,462
1999 — 30 30 #2,825
1998 — 18 18 #3,908
1997 — 12 12 #5,054
1996 — 23 23 #3,149
1995 — 19 19 #3,489
1994 — 25 25 #2,889
1993 — 20 20 #3,291
1992 — 12 12 #4,673
1991 — 21 21 #3,036
1990 — 10 10 #5,143
1989 — 16 16 #3,535
1988 — 12 12 #4,009
1987 — 10 10 #4,385
1986 — 13 13 #3,540
1985 — 14 14 #3,311
1984 — 14 14 #3,199
1983 — 8 8 #4,683
1982 — 6 6 #5,925
1981 — 13 13 #3,320
1980 — 6 6 #5,847
1979 — 9 9 #4,244
1978 — 6 6 #5,385
1977 — 14 14 #2,982
1976 — 9 9 #3,884
1975 — 10 10 #3,574
1974 — 11 11 #3,251
1973 — 9 9 #3,598
1972 — 11 11 #3,110
1971 — 12 12 #2,939
1970 — 5 5 #5,159
1969 — 5 5 #4,800
1964 — 6 6 #3,966
1956 — 7 7 #3,525