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.

Alston

#2,678 most common boys' name of all time · #6,453 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1894–2025

Rank among boys
#2,678
Rank overall
#6,453 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
2,600
Since 2016
420
Peak year
2017 #2,018
Best rank
#946 1894
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Alston first appears in 1894. 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 — 16 16 #5,623
2024 — 29 29 #3,796
2023 — 20 20 #4,902
2022 — 38 38 #3,156
2021 — 33 33 #3,433
2020 — 39 39 #2,982
2019 6 57 63 #2,367
2018 — 52 52 #2,475
2017 — 70 70 #2,018
2016 — 60 60 #2,231
2015 — 58 58 #2,278
2014 — 66 66 #2,100
2013 — 67 67 #2,023
2012 — 68 68 #2,036
2011 — 52 52 #2,407
2010 — 44 44 #2,737
2009 — 50 50 #2,534
2008 — 57 57 #2,300
2007 — 51 51 #2,478
2006 — 50 50 #2,451
2005 — 46 46 #2,470
2004 — 44 44 #2,493
2003 — 43 43 #2,430
2002 — 46 46 #2,260
2001 — 35 35 #2,691
2000 — 47 47 #2,140
1999 6 47 53 #2,029
1998 5 59 64 #1,721
1997 5 60 65 #1,658
1996 — 53 53 #1,742
1995 — 55 55 #1,649
1994 — 55 55 #1,647
1993 — 38 38 #2,094
1992 — 31 31 #2,373
1991 — 35 35 #2,108
1990 — 38 38 #1,976
1989 — 24 24 #2,629
1988 — 22 22 #2,616
1987 — 15 15 #3,223
1986 — 12 12 #3,682
1985 — 18 18 #2,734
1984 — 19 19 #2,546
1983 — 8 8 #4,550
1982 — 13 13 #3,315
1981 — 10 10 #3,895
1980 — 11 11 #3,655
1979 — 12 12 #3,393
1978 — 5 5 #5,853
1977 — 6 6 #5,200
1976 — 12 12 #3,123
1975 — 6 6 #4,873
1974 — 8 8 #3,899
1973 — 5 5 #5,186
1972 — 7 7 #4,029
1971 — 5 5 #5,007
1970 — 6 6 #4,307
1969 — 11 11 #2,719
1967 — 7 7 #3,297
1966 — 9 9 #2,837
1964 — 9 9 #2,912
1963 — 8 8 #3,106
1962 — 14 14 #2,214
1961 — 11 11 #2,583
1960 — 8 8 #3,137
1959 — 8 8 #3,092
1958 — 9 9 #2,878
1957 — 9 9 #2,882
1956 — 12 12 #2,401
1955 — 7 7 #3,269
1954 — 12 12 #2,366
1953 — 7 7 #3,220
1952 — 6 6 #3,456
1951 — 12 12 #2,286
1950 — 11 11 #2,353
1949 — 9 9 #2,676
1948 — 15 15 #1,976
1947 — 10 10 #2,563
1946 — 11 11 #2,316
1944 — 15 15 #1,842
1943 — 7 7 #3,022
1942 — 8 8 #2,790
1941 — 6 6 #3,221
1940 — 11 11 #2,236
1939 — 12 12 #2,095
1938 — 13 13 #2,015
1937 — 11 11 #2,242
1936 — 6 6 #3,241
1935 — 7 7 #3,020
1934 — 11 11 #2,311
1933 — 12 12 #2,141
1932 — 14 14 #2,038
1931 — 9 9 #2,722
1930 — 18 18 #1,786
1929 — 15 15 #2,047
1928 — 16 16 #2,000
1927 — 16 16 #2,077
1926 — 13 13 #2,362
1925 — 19 19 #1,839
1924 — 16 16 #2,084
1923 — 14 14 #2,270
1922 — 20 20 #1,799
1921 — 11 11 #2,683
1920 — 15 15 #2,169
1919 — 11 11 #2,566
1918 — 22 22 #1,626
1917 — 22 22 #1,563
1916 — 13 13 #2,191
1915 — 15 15 #1,923
1914 — 12 12 #1,915
1913 — 7 7 #2,351
1912 — 6 6 #2,370
1894 — 7 7 #946