Tristen
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #1,509 for boys in 2025, 116 births
Given to boys 83.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 1,188 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,372since 1975
Tristen over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,509 | 116 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #1,432 | 127 |
| 2023 | — | #1,253 | 154 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,289 | 148 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #1,054 | 203 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #846 | 269 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #845 | 265 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #723 | 331 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | #675 | 376 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #635 | 420 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #620 | 433 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | #508 | 551 |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 | #452 | 629 |
| 2012 | #2,978 | 57 | #359 | 849 |
| 2011 | #2,725 | 64 | #353 | 851 |
| 2010 | #2,642 | 68 | #333 | 941 |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 | #303 | 1,065 |
| 2008 | #1,966 | 107 | #337 | 975 |
| 2007 | #1,679 | 131 | #342 | 942 |
| 2006 | #1,462 | 152 | #336 | 937 |
| 2005 | #1,350 | 161 | #341 | 869 |
| 2004 | #1,067 | 216 | #331 | 912 |
| 2003 | #959 | 243 | #337 | 851 |
| 2002 | #1,100 | 192 | #316 | 902 |
| 2001 | #1,025 | 210 | #315 | 887 |
| 2000 | #1,168 | 172 | #328 | 864 |
| 1999 | #1,077 | 186 | #334 | 804 |
| 1998 | #998 | 200 | #276 | 1,041 |
| 1997 | #887 | 229 | #263 | 1,078 |
| 1996 | #722 | 290 | #249 | 1,188 |
| 1995 | #908 | 208 | #383 | 618 |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 | #1,362 | 73 |
| 1993 | #2,045 | 67 | #1,741 | 49 |
| 1992 | #2,033 | 67 | #1,452 | 63 |
| 1991 | #2,163 | 61 | #1,589 | 53 |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | #1,516 | 56 |
| 1989 | #2,222 | 54 | #1,374 | 64 |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 71 | #1,671 | 42 |
| 1987 | #1,860 | 62 | #1,218 | 63 |
| 1986 | #1,751 | 66 | #1,345 | 53 |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | #1,050 | 77 |
| 1984 | #1,922 | 54 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 | #1,487 | 42 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tristen! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Tristen is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Montana#188 · 1 in 577
- West Virginia#214 · 1 in 931
- Mississippi#236 · 1 in 1,037
- Tennessee#260 · 1 in 1,186
- South Carolina#260 · 1 in 1,248
Best ever in a state: #85 in Wyoming, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #188 | 7 | 1 in 577 |
| West Virginia | #214 | 9 | 1 in 931 |
| Mississippi | #236 | 13 | 1 in 1,037 |
| South Carolina | #260 | 17 | 1 in 1,248 |
| Tennessee | #260 | 30 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Georgia | #264 | 43 | 1 in 1,248 |
| Virginia | #288 | 28 | 1 in 1,490 |
| New Mexico | #303 | 7 | 1 in 1,318 |
| Alabama | #320 | 14 | 1 in 1,598 |
| Michigan | #352 | 25 | 1 in 1,920 |
| Ohio | #362 | 28 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Maryland | #369 | 13 | 1 in 2,114 |
| Arkansas | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,781 |
| North Carolina | #376 | 24 | 1 in 2,100 |
| Louisiana | #406 | 12 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Missouri | #419 | 14 | 1 in 2,268 |
| Indiana | #421 | 15 | 1 in 2,377 |
| Colorado | #429 | 12 | 1 in 2,235 |
| Florida | #435 | 35 | 1 in 2,669 |
| Kentucky | #441 | 8 | 1 in 2,776 |
| Illinois | #459 | 24 | 1 in 2,746 |
| Oregon | #459 | 7 | 1 in 2,569 |
| Pennsylvania | #466 | 19 | 1 in 3,145 |
| Nevada | #477 | 5 | 1 in 2,651 |
| New York | #518 | 29 | 1 in 3,534 |
| Oklahoma | #540 | 7 | 1 in 3,019 |
| Wisconsin | #545 | 8 | 1 in 3,389 |
| Kansas | #548 | 5 | 1 in 3,120 |
| Arizona | #555 | 10 | 1 in 3,679 |
| California | #585 | 50 | 1 in 4,540 |
| Texas | #587 | 44 | 1 in 4,097 |
| Washington | #595 | 10 | 1 in 3,567 |
| Massachusetts | #615 | 6 | 1 in 4,894 |
| New Jersey | #634 | 9 | 1 in 4,614 |
| Utah | #681 | 5 | 1 in 4,320 |
| Minnesota | #743 | 5 | 1 in 5,603 |
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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 Tristen
- 77 spots since 2024 (#1,432 → #1,509)
- 663 spots since 2020 (#846 → #1,509)
- 889 spots since 2015 (#620 → #1,509)
- Biggest jump: 979 spots in 1995 (#1,362 → #383)
- Biggest drop: 208 spots in 2021 (#846 → #1,054)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1996 at #249 (1,188 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1995–2020
- Highest: 1 in 1,595 boys born in 1996 were named Tristen (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,725 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 43.1% of all boys named Tristen (9,204) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29 | #4,068 (1979) | #4,522 |
| 1980s | 453 | #1,050 (1985) | #1,483 |
| 1990s | 5,023 | #249 (1996) | #917 |
| 2000s | 9,204 | #303 (2009) | #329 |
| 2010s | 5,646 | #333 (2010) | #550 |
| 2020s | 1,017 | #846 (2020) | #1,231 |
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.
Tristen in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 34,407 of them was named Tristen, which outranked 83.6% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,123Sophya52
- #3,123Storm52
- #3,123Taylyn52
- #3,166Tristen51
- #3,166Adaya51
- #3,166Adelie51
- #3,166Aishani51
- #3,218Alaura50
- #3,218Alyah50
- #3,218Ameliah50
Tied with 51 names at #3,166; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 3,007 of them was named Tristen, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.