Tristan

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #309 for boys in 2025, 1,103 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1996 · 5,458 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
124,243
since 1946

Tristan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #590, 1996peak #68, 1996girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,55422#3091,103
2024#8,44312#2671,302
2023#4,99926#2531,382
2022#5,17225#2251,600
2021#4,09035#2081,825
2020#3,67640#1822,124
2019#4,90927#1512,573
2018#3,78939#1233,230
2017#3,19250#1213,309
2016#2,51771#1083,639
2015#2,31880#1013,927
2014#2,80961#983,927
2013#2,38576#964,016
2012#2,16087#884,441
2011#1,857108#874,732
2010#2,01099#844,899
2009#1,561144#805,350
2008#1,486157#815,659
2007#1,269194#875,340
2006#1,240194#865,414
2005#1,222186#1133,591
2004#1,095209#1153,481
2003#1,013228#1123,634
2002#870263#1033,725
2001#1,076197#1083,575
2000#1,021206#1053,531
1999#1,047194#993,845
1998#851251#924,169
1997#824251#924,197
1996#590386#685,458
1995#720284#1213,088
1994#1,58396#451492
1993#1,460109#408567
1992#1,410116#372622
1991#1,383116#336724
1990#1,208140#330753
1989#1,187137#312764
1988#1,104141#287803
1987#1,093139#246934
1986#927172#243923
1985#894178#2221,061
1984#914163#251873
1983#894169#248854
1982#972152#275762
1981#1,31995#415400
1980#2,30842#602208
1979#2,58235#660167
1978#2,35038#732132
1977#2,60632#786118
1976#2,25537#790110
1975#2,19638#780113
1974#2,34833#82595
1973#3,01522#94872
1972#2,45129#91177
1971#3,06222#85990
1970#3,11021#1,02363
1969#3,61915#1,09750
1968#3,31516#1,05749
1967#3,21116#1,41129
1966#4,8668#1,29934
1965#3,73312#1,66922
1964—#1,97517
1963#6,5925#1,54826
1962#6,5785#1,71322
1961—#2,32213
1960—#2,68510
1959—#2,41412
1958—#3,5596
1957—#3,2577
1956—#2,09115
1955—#2,7649
1954—#3,8275
1953—#2,7099
1952—#2,25112
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,0217
1949—#3,6905
1948—#2,6089
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1946—#3,5255
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five boys were named Tristan! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tristan is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #48 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 154 boysAKMaine: #97 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 354 boysMEVermont: #92 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 296 boysVTNew Hampshire: #84 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 322 boysNHWashington: #78 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 317 boysWAIdaho: #55 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 182 boysIDMontana: #46 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 143 boysMTNorth Dakota: #76 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 225 boysNDMinnesota: #104 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 440 boysMNIllinois: #140 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 628 boysILWisconsin: #107 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 472 boysWIMichigan: #106 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 503 boysMINew York: #147 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 855 boysNYMassachusetts: #115 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 636 boysMARhode Island: #106 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 466 boysRIOregon: #66 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 244 boysORNevada: #86 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 327 boysNVWyoming: #28 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 98 boysWYSouth Dakota: #57 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 185 boysSDIowa: #79 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 302 boysIAIndiana: #97 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 396 boysINOhio: #118 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 573 boysOHPennsylvania: #116 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 600 boysPANew Jersey: #181 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,216 boysNJConnecticut: #118 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 588 boysCTCalifornia: #158 for boys · 343 births · 1 in 705 boysCAUtah: #104 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 412 boysUTColorado: #84 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 341 boysCONebraska: #93 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 335 boysNEMissouri: #94 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 397 boysMOKentucky: #60 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 244 boysKYWest Virginia: #69 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 239 boysWVVirginia: #85 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 394 boysVAMaryland: #119 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 645 boysMDDelaware: #76 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 308 boysDEArizona: #113 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 464 boysAZNew Mexico: #91 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 348 boysNMKansas: #59 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 219 boysKSArkansas: #72 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 293 boysARTennessee: #72 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 301 boysTNNorth Carolina: #95 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 443 boysNCSouth Carolina: #95 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 447 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tristan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #80 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 311 boysOKLouisiana: #74 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 314 boysLAMississippi: #82 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 354 boysMSAlabama: #71 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 316 boysALGeorgia: #93 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 434 boysGAHawaii: #113 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 456 boysHITexas: #103 for boys · 411 births · 1 in 401 boysTXFlorida: #98 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 457 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#28 · 1 in 98
  2. Montana#46 · 1 in 143
  3. Alaska#48 · 1 in 154
  4. Idaho#55 · 1 in 182
  5. South Dakota#57 · 1 in 185

Best ever in a state: #25 in Montana, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#28191 in 98
Montana#46281 in 143
Alaska#48221 in 154
Idaho#55421 in 182
South Dakota#57221 in 185
Kansas#59741 in 219
Kentucky#60961 in 244
Oregon#66811 in 244
West Virginia#69371 in 239
Alabama#71791 in 316
Arkansas#72491 in 293
Tennessee#721201 in 301
Louisiana#74871 in 314
Delaware#76131 in 308
North Dakota#76151 in 225
Washington#781091 in 317
Iowa#79551 in 302
Oklahoma#80651 in 311
Mississippi#82431 in 354
Colorado#84801 in 341
New Hampshire#84181 in 322
Virginia#851011 in 394
Nevada#86361 in 327
New Mexico#91311 in 348
Vermont#9281 in 296
Georgia#931241 in 434
Nebraska#93301 in 335
Missouri#94861 in 397
North Carolina#951111 in 443
South Carolina#95461 in 447
Indiana#97971 in 396
Maine#97161 in 354
Florida#981901 in 457
Texas#1034111 in 401
Minnesota#104661 in 440
Utah#104501 in 412
Michigan#1061171 in 503
Rhode Island#106111 in 466
Wisconsin#107621 in 472
Arizona#113781 in 464
Hawaii#113111 in 456
Massachusetts#115571 in 636
Pennsylvania#1161101 in 600
Connecticut#118311 in 588
Ohio#1181211 in 573
Maryland#119441 in 645
Illinois#1401271 in 628
New York#1471331 in 855
California#1583431 in 705
New Jersey#181391 in 1,216
District of Columbia———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tristan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 42 spots since 2024 (#267 → #309)
  • 127 spots since 2020 (#182 → #309)
  • 208 spots since 2015 (#101 → #309)
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1995 (#451 → #121)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1972 (#859 → #911)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1996 at #68 (5,458 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 2006–2014
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 347
  • Highest: 1 in 347 boys born in 1996 were named Tristan (0.29%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,549 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.9% of all boys named Tristan (43,300) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s19#2,608 (1948)#3,274
1950s89#2,091 (1956)#2,896
1960s272#1,057 (1968)#1,678
1970s1,037#660 (1979)#831
1980s7,582#222 (1985)#310
1990s23,915#68 (1996)#237
2000s43,300#80 (2009)#99
2010s38,693#84 (2010)#106
2020s9,336#182 (2020)#241

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tristan in 1999

girls
#1,047
194 births · 1 in 9,143 girls
boys
#99
3,845 births · 1 in 499 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #1,047Tristan194

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #99Tristan3,845
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 9,143 of them was named Tristan, which outranked 93.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tristan
  1. #1,044Annabel195
  2. #1,044Aubrie195
  3. #1,044Connie195
  4. #1,047Tristan194
  5. #1,047Aja194
  6. #1,047Coral194
  7. #1,047Flor194
  8. #1,053Kaylan193
  9. #1,054Kaya192
  10. #1,054Keila192

Tied with 5 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 499 of them was named Tristan, which outranked 99.1% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tristan
  1. #96Brendan3,995
  2. #97Jake3,936
  3. #98Marcus3,867
  4. #99Tristan3,845
  5. #100Jeffrey3,815
  6. #101Gavin3,659
  7. #102Travis3,608
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999 →