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.

Allister

#4,176 most common boys' name of all time · #10,237 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1925–2025

Rank among boys
#4,176
Rank overall
#10,237 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,256
Since 2016
586
Peak year
2022 #2,005
Best rank
#2,005 2022
Girls Boys peak 76/yr
19401960198020002020

Allister first appears in 1925. 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 — 41 41 #3,006
2024 — 51 51 #2,605
2023 — 50 50 #2,629
2022 — 76 76 #2,005
2021 — 74 74 #2,009
2020 — 63 63 #2,195
2019 — 63 63 #2,215
2018 — 49 49 #2,594
2017 — 54 54 #2,392
2016 — 65 65 #2,136
2015 — 46 46 #2,651
2014 6 36 42 #3,113
2013 — 40 40 #2,862
2012 — 31 31 #3,469
2011 — 35 35 #3,185
2010 — 28 28 #3,731
2009 — 31 31 #3,490
2008 — 19 19 #4,937
2007 — 21 21 #4,527
2006 — 22 22 #4,260
2005 — 18 18 #4,670
2004 — 13 13 #5,868
2003 — 8 8 #7,994
2002 — 9 9 #7,174
2001 — 12 12 #5,742
2000 — 16 16 #4,625
1999 — 14 14 #4,824
1998 — 8 8 #6,979
1997 — 7 7 #7,425
1996 — 14 14 #4,441
1995 — 15 15 #4,110
1994 — 7 7 #7,117
1993 — 8 8 #6,363
1992 — 9 9 #5,772
1991 — 7 7 #6,690
1990 — 12 12 #4,488
1989 — 15 15 #3,684
1988 — 12 12 #3,980
1987 — 12 12 #3,807
1986 — 6 6 #6,163
1984 — 8 8 #4,690
1983 — 7 7 #5,074
1982 — 9 9 #4,369
1981 — 6 6 #5,718
1979 — 9 9 #4,196
1978 — 8 8 #4,313
1976 — 6 6 #5,186
1975 — 5 5 #5,752
1974 — 13 13 #2,868
1973 — 12 12 #2,938
1972 — 7 7 #4,167
1971 — 8 8 #3,808
1970 — 9 9 #3,406
1956 — 5 5 #4,280
1928 — 5 5 #4,657
1927 — 10 10 #2,908
1925 — 6 6 #4,157