Alistar
Boy · AL-is-tar · Greek
Alistar is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Alistar mean?
Greek: variant of Alistair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander
“defender of men”
A spelling of Alistair, which comes from Alasdair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander.
- Say it
- AL-is-tar
Is Alistar a girl's or a boy's name?
Alistar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alistar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Alistar, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Alistar in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 378 boys in the US were given Alistar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #671, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Alistar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
Nicknames for Alistar
Names like Alistar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Alistar
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