Alaster
Boy · Scottish
Alaster is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Alaster mean?
Scottish
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Alistair.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alaster a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaster is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaster in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Alaster, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Alaster in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaster in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Alaster
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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