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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#360 · 1 in 1,374
- Ohio#857 · 1 in 5,854
- Arizona#921 · 1 in 6,625
- Georgia#938 · 1 in 5,680
- Michigan#1,095 · 1 in 7,995
Best ever in a state: #85 in Wyoming, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #360 | 8 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Ohio | #857 | 9 | 1 in 5,854 |
| Arizona | #921 | 5 | 1 in 6,625 |
| Georgia | #938 | 9 | 1 in 5,680 |
| Michigan | #1,095 | 5 | 1 in 7,995 |
| Illinois | #1,272 | 5 | 1 in 10,039 |
| North Carolina | #1,294 | 5 | 1 in 10,229 |
| Florida | #1,367 | 8 | 1 in 11,955 |
| Texas | #1,380 | 14 | 1 in 12,771 |
| California | #2,205 | 6 | 1 in 30,044 |
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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 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 270,032 of them was named Tristen, which outranked 24.0% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,161Zymira7
- #12,161Zyn7
- #12,161Zyomi7
- #13,477Tristen6
- #13,477Aada6
- #13,477Aadiya6
- #13,477Aalaysia6
- #15,293Aabha5
- #15,293Aaina5
- #15,293Aaisha5
Tied with 1,815 names at #13,477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 13,566 of them was named Tristen, which outranked 90.0% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,426Javion128
- #1,426Malek128
- #1,426Milton128
- #1,432Tristen127
- #1,432Deshawn127
- #1,432Gilberto127
- #1,432Monte127
- #1,438Derick126
- #1,438Efrain126
- #1,438Faris126
Tied with 5 names at #1,432; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.