# Alasdair (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alasdair/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæl.ɪ.sdɚ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 525 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 525 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 858, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,227 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,259 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,626 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,619 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,153 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,473 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,598 |
| 2018 | 23 | 4,358 |
| 2019 | 19 | 4,963 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,545 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,181 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,708 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,714 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,697 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,850 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Alasdair

- Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, British poet, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.