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Alasdair

100% boys · 28 born in 2025

Alasdair has been given to about 525 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2021, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 516
Median age today11 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Alasdair per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2021 · 37
  • Born in 202528
  • All time525
  • England & Wales, 202515

How popular is Alasdair?

Its best year was 2021, when 37 babies were given the name, ranking 3181st. The typical living American called Alasdair is about 11 years old today.

Names that sound like Alasdair

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Alistair0.78
  2. Blair0.55
  3. Nasir0.55
  4. Clair0.55
  5. Vladimir0.55
  6. Casimir0.55
  7. Amir0.46
  8. Yahir0.46

Middle names for Alasdair

Ranked by flow score
  1. Alasdair Paul0.83
  2. Alasdair John0.83
  3. Alasdair Lee0.83
  4. Alasdair Dean0.82
  5. Alasdair Blake0.82
  6. Alasdair Bryce0.82

Sibling names for Alasdair

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bryerbrother · 0.89
  2. Neriahsister · 0.88
  3. Kyrenbrother · 0.88
  4. Hazielbrother · 0.88
  5. Emilianasister · 0.87
  6. Seraphinasister · 0.87

Where Alasdair is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Alasdair Nguyen0.78
    2. Alasdair Moore0.78
    3. Alasdair Lee0.78
    4. Alasdair Hall0.78
    5. Alasdair Green0.78
    6. Alasdair Brown0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Alasdair

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.