Alister Boy
How popular is Alister?
#1,688 boy name in 2025
97 baby boys were named Alister in the US in 2025, making it the 1688th most popular boy name.
Alister popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,688 for boys (▼ 38 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 97 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,815 in 2015, #1,556 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (141 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,330 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alister counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alistair family of names ranked #616 for boys in 2025 (#610 the year before), with 431 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alistair | 265 | 61% |
| Alister | 97 | 23% |
| Allister | 41 | 10% |
| Alistar | 12 | 3% |
| Allistair | 6 | 1% |
| Alyster | 5 | 1% |
| Alistor | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alister is most popular
Babies named Alister per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Kansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
Alister by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1980s | 48 | #4,157 |
| 1990s | 64 | #5,282 |
| 2000s | 170 | #3,549 |
| 2010s | 736 | #1,510 |
| 2020s | 636 | #1,330 |
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Questions
- Is Alister a boy or girl name?
- Alister is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alister were boys.
- How popular is the name Alister?
- 97 baby boys were named Alister in the US in 2025, making it the 1688th most popular boy name.
- When was Alister most popular?
- Alister peaked in 2022, when 141 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,330 in 2022.
- How many people are named Alister?
- 1,664 babies have been named Alister in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,646 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Alister most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alister was most common in Indiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.