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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 294 babies (rank #133 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

2,876
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
294
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
1996294#133
1997237#150
1998240#148
1999185#180
2000151#214
2001129#230
2002118#247
2003145#224
2004133#250
200597#328
2006119#296
2007111#330
2008107#358
2009100#391
201092#413
2011100#392
2012100#405
2013103#396
2014105#391
2015104#404
2016106#404