Alston

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#857
1894 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1894
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,578
since 1894

Alston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alston has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #857, 1894boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#5,60816
2024—#3,79329
2023—#4,88620
2022—#3,15138
2021—#3,42733
2020—#2,98039
2019#13,7996#2,36457
2018—#2,47252
2017—#2,01470
2016—#2,22860
2015—#2,27658
2014—#2,09866
2013—#2,02167
2012—#2,03668
2011—#2,40352
2010—#2,73044
2009—#2,52850
2008—#2,29157
2007—#2,47351
2006—#2,44950
2005—#2,46746
2004—#2,48944
2003—#2,42843
2002—#2,24946
2001—#2,68135
2000—#2,13647
1999#12,6886#2,02347
1998#14,1225#1,71959
1997#13,7245#1,65760
1996—#1,74053
1995—#1,64855
1994—#1,64355
1993—#2,09138
1992—#2,36231
1991—#2,09535
1990—#1,96838
1989—#2,61524
1988—#2,59922
1987—#3,20115
1986—#3,65312
1985—#2,71018
1984—#2,52919
1983—#4,4998
1982—#3,28213
1981—#3,85810
1980—#3,61511
1979—#3,35712
1978—#5,7725
1977—#5,1236
1976—#3,09512
1975—#4,7976
1974—#3,8378
1973—#5,1015
1972—#3,9637
1971—#4,9075
1970—#4,2306
1969—#2,68211
1968——
1967—#3,2317
1966—#2,7849
1965——
1964—#2,8549
1963—#3,0448
1962—#2,18614
1961—#2,53811
1960—#3,0778
1959—#3,0378
1958—#2,8189
1957—#2,8229
1956—#2,36112
1955—#3,2017
1954—#2,31612
1953—#3,1437
1952—#3,3736
1951—#2,24612
1950—#2,32111
1949—#2,6069
1948—#1,94315
1947—#2,49810
1946—#2,27111
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1944—#1,81015
1943—#2,9647
1942—#2,7128
1941—#3,1336
1940—#2,17911
1939—#2,05012
1938—#1,97613
1937—#2,19711
1936—#3,1476
1935—#2,9517
1934—#2,26611
1933—#2,09312
1932—#1,99514
1931—#2,6519
1930—#1,75318
1929—#2,00215
1928—#1,96016
1927—#2,03416
1926—#2,30213
1925—#1,80619
1924—#2,04316
1923—#2,22414
1922—#1,76520
1921—#2,63211
1920—#2,13115
1919—#2,51111
1918—#1,59622
1917—#1,52822
1916—#2,15213
1915—#1,87815
1914—#1,86812
1913—#2,2737
1912—#2,2696
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Alston! It came in at #857, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1895–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alston
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,815 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #5,608)
  • 2,628 spots since 2020 (#2,980 → #5,608)
  • 3,332 spots since 2015 (#2,276 → #5,608)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1894 at #857 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,538
  • Highest: 1 in 16,538 boys born in 1894 were named Alston (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 23.0% of all boys named Alston (594) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#857 (1894)#857
1900s0——
1910s108#1,528 (1917)#2,009
1920s155#1,765 (1922)#2,090
1930s113#1,753 (1930)#2,308
1940s92#1,810 (1944)#2,457
1950s93#2,246 (1951)#2,764
1960s77#2,186 (1962)#2,800
1970s72#3,095 (1976)#4,418
1980s152#2,529 (1984)#3,256
1990s471#1,643 (1994)#1,895
2000s469#2,136 (2000)#2,419
2010s594#2,014 (2017)#2,264
2020s175#2,980 (2020)#3,974

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alston in 1949

boys
#2,606
9 births · 1 in 197,104 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #2,606Alston9
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 197,104 of them was named Alston, which outranked 38.0% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alston
  1. #2,453Yale10
  2. #2,453Yvonne10
  3. #2,453Zebedee10
  4. #2,606Alston9
  5. #2,606Alban9
  6. #2,606Alma9
  7. #2,606Alphonsa9
  8. #2,802Abbott8
  9. #2,802Able8
  10. #2,802Aime8

Tied with 195 names at #2,606; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949 →