Altair**
#8,123 most common boys' name of all time · #20,464 across all names · 59% male / 41% female · used 2008–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,123
Rank overall
#20,464 of 105,966
First appeared
2008
Years on the list
18 of 146
All-time
413
Since 2016
227
Peak year
2012 #5,475
Best rank
#4,185 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Altair first appears in 2008. 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 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,803 |
| 2024 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #4,185 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #6,176 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #7,654 |
| 2021 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,579 |
| 2019 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #6,721 |
| 2018 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,087 |
| 2017 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #5,504 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #6,694 |
| 2015 | 13 | 18 | 31 | #5,274 |
| 2014 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #6,288 |
| 2013 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #6,226 |
| 2012 | 16 | 17 | 33 | #5,475 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #8,712 |
| 2010 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #8,108 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 2008 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #14,215 |