How Many People Are Named Alston?
people named Alston are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 163,065 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,600 babies named Alston in Social Security records from 1894 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
70 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alston, 1% were girls and 99% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alston alive today is about 25 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alston first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 2017, to 70 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alston has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #859, in 1894. In 2025 it ranked #5,615.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,615 |
| Best rank | #859 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,243 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alston alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alston were born in California than in any other state: about 188 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alston was given 9.8 times as often in North Carolina, 3.9 times in New York and 2.1 times in California.
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