Alastair

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

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

Alastair first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 166 babies (rank #195 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alastair

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

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,409

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

166

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	166	#195
1997	125	#241
1998	115	#251
1999	102	#272
2000	83	#319
2001	84	#318
2002	75	#338
2003	62	#418
2004	61	#443
2005	65	#438
2006	74	#440
2007	50	#589
2008	35	#803
2009	37	#777
2010	37	#792
2011	41	#759
2012	44	#748
2013	45	#722
2014	38	#805
2015	34	#889
2016	36	#871