Alistair

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Alistair is a male given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Alasdair. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman name Alexandre or the Latin name Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the same form as Alexander.

From Wikipedia

Alistair first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 52 babies (rank #532 that year). In 2024 it was given to 30 boys (rank #860). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alistair

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alistair yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

853
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
52
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199110#1,117
199219#754
19939#1,258
199410#1,093
199514#1,008
199612#1,121
199716#891
199810#1,236
19997#1,608
20007#1,583
20017#1,627
20028#1,514
200312#1,176
20049#1,534
200512#1,296
200619#982
200726#819
200817#1,141
200922#977
201024#913
201131#748
201240#618
201333#734
201450#549
201552#532
201652#539
201746#582
201845#595
201941#640
202041#627
202144#631
202240#668
202338#688
202430#860