Alistair

Boy · recorded 1956–2025

  • #897in 2025
  • 1 in 6,445boys in 2025
  • +50%last ten years
  • 1.8×in Washington

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 50% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1956

07815519561973199120082025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 59 recorded years as a table
Alistair, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19563
19643
19693
19703
19717
19727
19736
19747
19756
19766
19779
19784
19795
19803
19817
19823
19834
19848
19858
19867
19875
19886
19898
19905
199110
19926
199310
199413
199510
199612
19976
19989
199916
200012
200111
200213
200312
200416
200521
200626
200734
200833
200945
201042
201157
201266
201370
201493
2015103
2016130
2017122
2018113
2019123
2020131
2021146
2022142
2023146
2024149
2025155

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Washington 1.8×
  2. Ohio 1.4×
  3. Georgia 1.3×
  4. North Carolina 1.2×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
265
Rank in 2025
#897
How rare
1 in 6,445 boys
Since 1956
4,088

Most popular in 2025, at 155 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 50% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Washington1.8×26
Ohio1.4×33
Georgia1.3×29
North Carolina1.2×28
Pennsylvania1.1×27

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.