Alastair
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
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
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.
- Mikhaelpeak 2020
- Salehpeak 2018
- Danilopeak 2022
- Ahronpeak 2023
- Shmuelpeak 2022
- Tzvipeak 2021
- Leonelpeak 2024
- Aryehpeak 2024
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.