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Alastair

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Alastair is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 59 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
590.00% of boys
Peak year
201962 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1922
1,297people given the name
Babies named Alastair, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,297 boys have been named Alastair in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 62 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2019, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Alastair
1920s17
1940s6
1960s10
1970s48
1980s145
1990s152
2000s230
2010s420
2020s269

In 2019, its biggest year

Alastair was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Alastair

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.