NameTides

Alister

Alister was the #1,688 boys' name in the US in 2025 (97 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Alister as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Alister as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Alister as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#1,688 (97)#2,664 (8)——#1,944 (10)
2024#1,650 (102)#3,255 (6)#727 (3)—#1,507 (14)
2023#1,701 (99)#4,992 (3)——#2,336 (7)
2022#1,330 (141)#2,321 (9)——#1,653 (11)
2021#1,763 (91)#2,730 (7)——#2,812 (5)
2020#1,556 (106)#2,404 (8)——#1,382 (14)
2019#1,698 (93)———#1,256 (16)
2018#1,687 (93)#3,412 (5)——#1,572 (11)
2017#1,510 (110)#3,996 (4)——#2,439 (6)
2016#1,599 (102)#2,175 (10)——#1,683 (10)
2015#1,815 (82)#2,483 (8)——#1,384 (13)
2014#2,230 (60)#2,690 (7)——#1,381 (13)
2013#2,250 (57)#2,954 (6)——#2,305 (6)
2012#2,415 (52)#2,270 (9)#669 (3)—#1,781 (9)
2011#2,261 (57)#2,194 (9)——#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,330.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alister is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alister by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alister (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Alister (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlisterCanadaBoys#1,94410
AlisterEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
AlisterNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlisterScotlandBoys—too few
AlisterUSGirls—too few
AlisterUSBoys#1,68897