Alister
#3,511 most common boys' name of all time · #8,561 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1924–2025
Rank among boys
#3,511
Rank overall
#8,561 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
1,664
Since 2016
1,039
Peak year
2022 #1,334
Best rank
#1,334 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 141/yr
Alister first appears in 1924. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,692 |
| 2024 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,656 |
| 2023 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,703 |
| 2022 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,334 |
| 2021 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,766 |
| 2020 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,558 |
| 2019 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,702 |
| 2018 | 5 | 93 | 98 | #1,697 |
| 2017 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,515 |
| 2016 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,599 |
| 2015 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,819 |
| 2014 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,238 |
| 2013 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,258 |
| 2012 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,422 |
| 2011 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,268 |
| 2010 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,561 |
| 2009 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,570 |
| 2008 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,578 |
| 2007 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2006 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,709 |
| 2005 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,089 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,866 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,953 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,780 |
| 2001 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,191 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,317 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,154 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,936 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,370 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,625 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,148 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,565 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,858 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,591 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,426 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,266 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,631 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,159 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,819 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,791 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,849 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,868 |