Tristan

Given to 130,794 US babies since 1946

▼ Falling −50% vs. 2018–2020

Rank in 2025
#5554
recorded as girls
#309
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,125
girls 22 · boys 1,103
Peak year
1996
5,458 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
130,794
since 1946

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Any year from 1880 to 2025.

Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025

Recorded as girls Recorded as boys
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025Tristan was most popular in 1996, when 5,458 babies recorded as boys got the name (2.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,103 babies were named Tristan, ranking #309 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 50%.0123418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1996 (boys) Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025Tristan was most popular in 1996, when 5,458 babies recorded as boys got the name (2.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,103 babies were named Tristan, ranking #309 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 50%.012341880192019602000Peak 1996 (boys)

Tristan was most popular in 1996, when 5,458 babies recorded as boys got the name (2.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,103 babies were named Tristan, ranking #309 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 50%.

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YearGirlsRankBoysRank
2025 22 5554 1,103 309
2024 12 8443 1,302 267
2023 26 4999 1,382 253
2022 25 5172 1,600 225
2021 35 4090 1,825 208
2020 40 3676 2,124 182
2019 27 4909 2,573 151
2018 39 3789 3,230 123
2017 50 3192 3,309 121
2016 71 2517 3,639 108
2015 80 2318 3,927 101
2014 61 2809 3,927 98
2013 76 2385 4,016 96
2012 87 2160 4,441 88
2011 108 1857 4,732 87
2010 99 2010 4,899 84
2009 144 1561 5,350 80
2008 157 1486 5,659 81
2007 194 1269 5,340 87
2006 194 1240 5,414 86
2005 186 1222 3,591 113
2004 209 1095 3,481 115
2003 228 1013 3,634 112
2002 263 870 3,725 103
2001 197 1076 3,575 108
2000 206 1021 3,531 105
1999 194 1047 3,845 99
1998 251 851 4,169 92
1997 251 824 4,197 92
1996 386 590 5,458 68
1995 284 720 3,088 121
1994 96 1583 492 451
1993 109 1460 567 408
1992 116 1410 622 372
1991 116 1383 724 336
1990 140 1208 753 330
1989 137 1187 764 312
1988 141 1104 803 287
1987 139 1093 934 246
1986 172 927 923 243
1985 178 894 1,061 222
1984 163 914 873 251
1983 169 894 854 248
1982 152 972 762 275
1981 95 1319 400 415
1980 42 2308 208 602
1979 35 2582 167 660
1978 38 2350 132 732
1977 32 2606 118 786
1976 37 2255 110 790
1975 38 2196 113 780
1974 33 2348 95 825
1973 22 3015 72 948
1972 29 2451 77 911
1971 22 3062 90 859
1970 21 3110 63 1023
1969 15 3619 50 1097
1968 16 3315 49 1057
1967 16 3211 29 1411
1966 8 4866 34 1299
1965 12 3733 22 1669
1964 <5 — 17 1975
1963 5 6592 26 1548
1962 5 6578 22 1713
1961 <5 — 13 2322
1960 <5 — 10 2685
1959 <5 — 12 2414
1958 <5 — 6 3559
1957 <5 — 7 3257
1956 <5 — 15 2091
1955 <5 — 9 2764
1954 <5 — 5 3827
1953 <5 — 9 2709
1952 <5 — 12 2251
1951 <5 — 7 3066
1950 <5 — 7 3021
1949 <5 — 5 3690
1948 <5 — 9 2608
1947 <5 — <5 —
1946 <5 — 5 3525

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Other spellings

Tristen · 25,554 Tristin · 12,612 Triston · 11,876 Trystan · 5,169 Tristyn · 4,465 Trysten · 1,695 Tryston · 1,338 Trystin · 1,086

Names like Tristan

Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.

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Where Tristan is most popular

Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.

Recorded as girls 5% · boys 95% across all years