Liston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LIS-tun
- Origin
- English
Liston is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Liston mean?
English: surname from place names in England and Scotland
A surname from place names in England and Scotland; Sonny Liston was a world heavyweight boxing champion in the 1960s.
Is Liston a girl's or a boy's name?
Liston is a boys' name.
How popular is Liston in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1923, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the boys named Liston in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Liston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
Names like Liston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Liston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liston, updated 20 October 2026.