Allister
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Allister is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Allister mean?
Scottish
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Allister a girl's or a boy's name?
Allister is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Allister in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Allister in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Allister in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 2 | #3,878 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Allister in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,990th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Allister, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
2025 had fewer boys named Allister than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Allister in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 boys in the US were given Allister or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,228, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.
- Alister 97
- Allister 41
Allister in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 76 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,134 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
Names like Allister
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander, Asher, Oliver, Fraser, Archer, Hunter, Adam, Cameron, Cooper, Alfie, Benjamin, Christopher
Other spellings of Allister
Names related to Allister
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Allister: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/allister, updated 20 October 2026.