Liston

Popularity Trends

The name Liston is the #6,815 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 924 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 11.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,667 (20.0% percentile) for all time with 924 births since 1888.

Liston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for boys in 1888). Birth data for Liston is available in 85 out of the 136 years between 1888 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, Liston reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #529) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Liston ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.9% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Liston".

1888 2023 18882023

Key Statistics

Total Births

924

Peak Births

Peak Year

1923

First Recorded

1888

Peak Percentile

4.0%

Current Percentile

0.0%

Peak Rank

#529

Current Rank

#911

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Liston", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Liston.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Liston's popularity from 1885 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Liston at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Liston range from Alson at 86.6% correlation to Thorvald at 72.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 74.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Maxine with 114.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Thorvald with 114 births (100% boys).

Liston's share of births peaked at 46.2 births per million for boys in 1923. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (5% of peak) in 2003. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Liston had 2.7 births per million, 6% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Alson

516

86.65% (very strong)

Olney

196

76.66% (strong)

Thurman

16.4k

74.02% (strong)

Hulon

1,125

73.45% (strong)

Raliegh

264

73.13% (strong)

Birl

188

72.95% (strong)

Cloyce

998

72.90% (strong)

Cloteal

471

72.59% (strong)

Therman

1,885

72.33% (strong)

Maxine

114.8k

72.32% (strong)

Medford

665

72.14% (strong)

Thorvald

114

72.07% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Liston

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Liston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Liston is pronounced as LIH-stuhn, which has 2 syllables.

LIH-stuhn

100.0%

LIH-stuhn (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

L IH1 S T AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L IH1 S T AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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