How Many People Are Named Alister?
people named Alister are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 208,024 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,664 babies named Alister in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
141 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
Almost all of the babies given the name Alister (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alister alive today is about 9 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alister first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 2022, to 141 babies. In 2025, 97 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alister has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,330, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #1,689.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,689 |
| Best rank | #1,330 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,960 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alister alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alister were born in California than in any other state: about 154 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alister was given 2.4 times as often in Texas and 2.2 times in California.
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