girls:
6 births since 2014
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1925
#3450 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1925
#6581 (15th percentile)
The name Allister is the #6,581 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,159 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 14.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,450 (24.7% percentile) for all time with 1,153 births since 1925. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2014.
Allister first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Allister is available in 55 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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.
The name Allister has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Allister reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 7.4% percentile (ranked #861) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 39 births per million (ranked 7.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Allister ranks #866 for boys (4.9% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 69.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Allister reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #966) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Allister".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Allister. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.5% confident that Allister is pronounced as A-lih-ster, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AW-lih-ster, at 18.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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