Masculine dossier · first seen 1924

Alister

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2022

Peak rank proxy

140

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1924Peak 20222024

Peak year

2022

Decline from peak

27.1%

2024

102

All-time

1,561

Alister 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 2022, when 140 boys were named Alister.

In 2024, only 102 boys were given the name.

Down 27.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,561 Americans have been named Alister and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1924.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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