Alston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AWL-stun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Alston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Alston mean?
English: English surname and place name
Alston in Cumbria is often described as one of the highest market towns in England.
Is Alston a girl's or a boy's name?
Alston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Alston, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894.
2025 had fewer boys named Alston than any year since 1987.
Half of all the boys named Alston in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,035 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 50 | #2,448 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 60 | #1,654 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 55 | #1,643 |
| 1994 | 55 | #1,638 |
| 1993 | 38 | #2,086 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
Names like Alston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ashton, Jackson, Mason, Hudson, Weston, Grayson, Easton, Dawson, Dalton, Preston, Braxton, Bryson
Names related to Alston
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alston, updated 20 October 2026.