# Aleister (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aleister/  
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 | “to defend”, “man” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæl.i.stɚ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 653 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 653 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, from Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

## 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 | 15 | 5,683 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,014 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,409 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,901 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,780 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,203 |
| 2017 | 34 | 3,315 |
| 2018 | 46 | 2,677 |
| 2019 | 61 | 2,265 |
| 2020 | 69 | 2,046 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,732 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,719 |
| 2023 | 44 | 2,848 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,335 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,943 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: آلِيسْتَر
- Armenian: Ալիստեր
- Bulgarian: Алистър
- Chinese: 阿萊斯特 /阿莱斯特
- Georgian: ალისტერ
- Greek: Άλιστερ
- Hebrew: אליסטר
- Japanese: アレイスター
- Korean: 알레이스터
- Latvian: Alisters
- Lithuanian: Alisteris
- Russian: А́листер
- Ukrainian: А́лістер

## People named Aleister

- Aleister Crowley, English occultist (1875–1947)

## 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.