Allister

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Allister: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Allister: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #272, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1761
1998	#2901
2002	#2254
2003	#2470
2005	#2418
2006	#2870
2007	#2741
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2011	#3300
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2016	#3478
2019	#4702
2023	#3112
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2005: #307 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2418 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2005
Highest recorded position: #272 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2005).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Allister appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 81 births with the name.

Allister across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Allister's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#1337 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	17 of 29	81 (1996–2024)	9 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#272 (1998)	#307 (2005)	2 of 8	6 (1998–2005)	3 (1998)

Allister by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Allister in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
2010s	24	6 of 10	4
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Allister appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Allister's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Allison · #63, 61y
Alliyah · #635, 24y
Ally · #180, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Seanan · #272, 16y
Benn · #271, 20y
Gregg · #273, 16y
Scot · #271, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Connaire · #272, 10y
Donovan · #272, 29y
Gethin · #272, 27y
Izabella · #272, 30y

Allister was ranked #272 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Allister and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Allister without appearing here.

Allister moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4702 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #4647.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Maddison Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.

Moved ahead of Allister

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3478 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2741 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #2629.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #924.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3300 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Allister

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Allister

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Allister went from #1337 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Allister

Allister at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Allister across 2 official records

Allister by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Allister appears in

Popularity data

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Allister across 2 official records

Allister by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Allister

Allister and the names beside it

Allister moved ahead of

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