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.

Macalister

#15,853 most common boys' name of all time · #41,151 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1999–2024

Rank among boys
#15,853
Rank overall
#41,151 of 105,966
First appeared
1999
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
96
Since 2016
27
Peak year
2003 #6,676
Best rank
#6,676 2003
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
20002020

Macalister first appears in 1999. 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
2024 — 6 6 #11,601
2022 — 5 5 #13,241
2021 — 6 6 #11,495
2019 — 5 5 #13,098
2017 — 5 5 #13,203
2014 — 5 5 #13,114
2011 — 10 10 #7,910
2009 — 8 8 #9,575
2008 — 5 5 #13,688
2007 — 9 9 #8,720
2004 — 6 6 #10,965
2003 — 11 11 #6,676
2001 — 7 7 #9,116
1999 — 8 8 #7,853