UK boy's name
Alisdair
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2017. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Alisdair is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Alisdair popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2017 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3040, with 6 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1999, with 14 births.
This profile covers 104 England and Wales registrations across 19 recorded years from 1996 to 2017. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 43% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 435 living people in the UK are called Alisdair. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2018 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Alisdair ranked #3040 for boys in England and Wales in 2017, with 6 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1999, when 14 boys were registered as Alisdair.
- • Alisdair ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #733 in 2017.
- • About 435 living people in the UK are estimated to have Alisdair as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3040
2017
Births in 2017
6
Latest year
Peak year
1999
14 births
Estimated living
435
2026
Popularity
Alisdair over time
The chart below shows babies named Alisdair registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2017. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Alisdair, the clearest high point is 1999. The latest England and Wales figure is 6 births in 2017, compared with 14 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alisdair by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Alisdair was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4102 | 20 | 5 |
| 2000s | #3143 | 43 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1269 | 41 | 4 |
Geography
Where Alisdair is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Alisdair. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Alisdair ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #733 in 2017.
Across the UK
Alisdair in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#733 in 2017
35 years of NRS records, 342 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Alisdair
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Alisdair James Stewart
(born 1961)
1961-
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Alisdair Hopkinson, 2nd Baron Colyton
politician
British politician (born 1958)
1958-
Related
Names similar to Alisdair
- Alfie 86,546
- Alexander 85,525
- Adam 71,855
- Archie 59,965
- Arthur 43,586
- Aaron 36,366
- Alex 32,729
- Andrew 20,169
- Arlo 19,061
- Aidan 16,776
- Albie 16,017
- Albert 15,809
FAQ
Alisdair: questions and answers
How popular is the name Alisdair in the UK right now?
In 2017, Alisdair was ranked #3040 for boys in England and Wales, with 6 births registered.
When was Alisdair most popular?
The peak year on record was 1999, with 14 babies registered as Alisdair in England and Wales.
How many people are called Alisdair in the UK?
A total of 104 babies have been registered as Alisdair across the 19 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 342 more in Scotland.
Where is Alisdair most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Alisdair ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #733 in 2017. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.