Masculine dossier · first seen 1922

Alastair

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alastair
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1922Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

4.8%

2024

All-time

1,297

Alastair has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 62 boys were named Alastair.

In 2024, only 59 boys were given the name.

All told, about 1,297 Americans have been named Alastair and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1922.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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