boys:
3.6k births since 1956
#2083 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1956
#4583 (41st percentile)
The name Alistair is the #4,583 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,563 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 40.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,083 (54.6% percentile) for all time with 3,563 births since 1956.
Alistair first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for boys in 1956). Birth data for Alistair is available in 57 out of the 68 years between 1956 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, Alistair reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 26.6% percentile (ranked #669) with 136 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 136 births per million (ranked 26.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alistair is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #669 (26.6% percentile) with 136 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alistair".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Alistair. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.3% confident that Alistair is pronounced as A-lih-stair, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-lih-STAIR, at 18.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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