boys:
1.2k births since 1922
#3372 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1922
#6504 (16th percentile)
The name Alastair is the #6,504 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,237 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 15.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,372 (26.4% percentile) for all time with 1,237 births since 1922.
Alastair first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (first recorded for boys in 1922). Birth data for Alastair is available in 57 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Alastair reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #860) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2012, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Alastair is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #857 (5.9% percentile) with 32 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alastair".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Alastair", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Alistair" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Alistair..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Alastair. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.8% confident that Alastair is pronounced as A-luh-stair, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-luh-STAIR, at 31.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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