Alston is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
Alston is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,617 for boy births in the United States (and #11,853 across all names), given to 16 babies. Alston first appears in 1894 and peaked in 2017 (70 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,617 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,798 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,892 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,154 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,428 |
| 2020 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,982 |
| 2019 | 63 | 63 | #13,919 | #2,367 |
| 2018 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,473 |
| 2017 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,015 |
| 2016 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,230 |
| 2015 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,277 |
| 2014 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,098 |
| 2013 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,023 |
| 2012 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,037 |
| 2011 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,405 |
| 2010 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,733 |
| 2009 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,530 |
| 2008 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,293 |
| 2007 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,467 |
| 2004 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,492 |
| 2003 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,428 |
| 2002 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,251 |
| 2001 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,681 |
| 2000 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,138 |
| 1999 | 53 | 53 | #12,776 | #2,025 |
| 1998 | 64 | 64 | #14,237 | #1,721 |
| 1997 | 65 | — | #13,830 | #1,657 |
| 1996 | 53 | — | — | #1,740 |
| 1995 | 55 | — | — | #1,649 |
| 1994 | 55 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1993 | 38 | — | — | #2,091 |
| 1992 | 31 | — | — | #2,363 |
| 1991 | 35 | — | — | #2,096 |
| 1990 | 38 | — | — | #1,969 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | — | #2,619 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | — | #2,601 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | — | #3,204 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | — | #3,658 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | — | #2,712 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | — | #2,533 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | — | #4,516 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | — | #3,291 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | — | #3,865 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | — | #3,624 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | — | #3,360 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,808 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,143 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | — | #3,099 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #4,816 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | — | #3,848 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | — | #5,123 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #3,972 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #4,935 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,242 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | — | #2,683 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,239 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,788 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | — | #2,860 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,047 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | — | #2,187 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | — | #2,541 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,084 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | — | #3,041 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | — | #2,822 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,827 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | — | #2,363 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | — | #3,206 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | — | #2,318 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | — | #3,149 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | — | #2,248 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | — | #2,324 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | — | #2,609 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | — | #1,945 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | — | #2,504 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | — | #2,272 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | — | #1,812 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | — | #2,967 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,714 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | — | #3,143 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | — | #2,181 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | — | #2,054 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | — | #1,982 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | — | #2,204 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | — | #3,157 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #2,959 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | — | #2,269 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | — | #2,095 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | — | #1,998 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,656 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | — | #1,756 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | — | #2,005 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | — | #1,961 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | — | #2,039 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | — | #2,303 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | — | #1,810 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | — | #2,045 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | — | #2,225 |
| 1922 | 20 | — | — | #1,767 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | — | #2,634 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | — | #2,136 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | — | #2,513 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | — | #1,597 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | — | #1,529 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | — | #2,155 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | — | #1,880 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | — | #1,869 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | — | #2,278 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,278 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | — | #860 |