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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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
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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.

Where Alston is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedWVVirginia: #689 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,197 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #406 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,441 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alston, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#406 · 1 in 3,441
  2. Virginia#689 · 1 in 8,197

Best ever in a state: #389 in North Carolina, 1997.

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StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#406131 in 3,441
Virginia#68951 in 8,197
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1994

boys
#1,643
55 births · 1 in 35,128 boys

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,643Alston55
More about 1994

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 35,128 of them was named Alston, which outranked 84.0% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alston
  1. #1,633Sebastien56
  2. #1,633Tyran56
  3. #1,633Tyre56
  4. #1,643Alston55
  5. #1,643Calen55
  6. #1,643Christoper55
  7. #1,643Cordarius55
  8. #1,664Akshay54
  9. #1,664Aleksander54
  10. #1,664Armond54

Tied with 20 names at #1,643; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →