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Alistair Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Alistair?

In 2018 the uncommon name Alistair, ranked the 1,004th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Alistair is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #881 in 2016 with 247 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Alistair was less than 5, most recently in 1968.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alistair occurred roughly during the years 1987-1991, 1995-1999, and 2001-2016.

Alistair's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Alistair lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alistair?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very high point.

The name Alistair is used by only a select few but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Alistair (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 204 1,004
2017 225 928
2016 247 881
2015 196 1,031
2014 178 1,081
2013 132 1,305
2012 126 1,346
2011 108 1,491
2010 81 1,807
2009 90 1,718
2008 68 2,040
2007 71 1,974
2006 53 2,349
2005 42 2,612
2004 31 3,158
2003 23 3,733
2002 26 3,352
2001 21 3,845
2000 24 3,423
1999 30 2,796
1998 17 4,021
1997 13 4,677
1996 23 3,109
1995 19 3,434
1994 24 2,951
1993 20 3,245
1992 12 4,581
1991 21 2,990
1990 10 5,005
1989 16 3,452
1988 12 3,916
1987 10 4,244
1986 13 3,443
1985 14 3,220
1984 14 3,111
1983 8 4,509
1982 6 5,641
1981 13 3,220
1980 6 5,540
1979 9 4,074
1978 6 5,078
1977 14 2,913
1976 9 3,729
1975 10 3,433
1974 11 3,125
1973 9 3,455
1972 11 2,995
1971 12 2,821
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1969 5 4,425
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.