Allister Boy
How popular is Allister?
#2,990 boy name in 2025
41 baby boys were named Allister in the US in 2025, making it the 2990th most popular boy name.
Allister popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,990 for boys (▼ 395 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 41 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,640 in 2015, #2,190 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (76 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,999 in 2021 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1925 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Allister counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alistair family of names ranked #616 for boys in 2025 (#610 the year before), with 431 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alistair | 265 | 61% |
| Alister | 97 | 23% |
| Allister | 41 | 10% |
| Alistar | 12 | 3% |
| Allistair | 6 | 1% |
| Alyster | 5 | 1% |
| Alistor | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Allister is most popular
Babies named Allister per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Allister by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 21 | #2,702 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,941 |
| 1970s | 77 | #2,797 |
| 1980s | 75 | #3,612 |
| 1990s | 101 | #4,046 |
| 2000s | 169 | #3,474 |
| 2010s | 447 | #2,134 |
| 2020s | 355 | #1,999 |
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Questions
- Is Allister a boy or girl name?
- Allister is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Allister were boys.
- How popular is the name Allister?
- 41 baby boys were named Allister in the US in 2025, making it the 2990th most popular boy name.
- When was Allister most popular?
- Allister peaked in 2022, when 76 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,999, held for 2 years starting in 2021.
- How many people are named Allister?
- 1,256 babies have been named Allister in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,214 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Allister most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Allister was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.