How Many People Are Named Alistair?
people named Alistair are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 84,705 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,088 babies named Alistair in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
265 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alistair in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alistair alive today is about 11 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alistair first appears in the records in 1956, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 265 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alistair has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #885, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #897.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #897 |
| Best rank | #885 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,111 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alistair alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alistair were born in California than in any other state: about 443 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alistair was given 1.9 times as often in Washington, 1.7 times in Missouri and 1.5 times in Michigan.
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