Tristian
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- #1,514 for boys in 2025, 115 births
- Given to boys 92.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 304 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,960since 1977
Tristian over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,514 | 115 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,583 | 109 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,640 | 105 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,353 | 138 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,419 | 129 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,035 | 196 | |
| 2019 | — | #961 | 222 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #885 | 246 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #940 | 222 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #930 | 228 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #998 | 204 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #873 | 249 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #774 | 290 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #677 | 349 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #651 | 360 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #665 | 361 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #693 | 349 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #727 | 318 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #724 | 316 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | #721 | 299 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | #854 | 215 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #788 | 229 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | #822 | 213 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #788 | 219 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 | #788 | 214 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #727 | 236 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #724 | 226 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | #670 | 254 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | #612 | 287 |
| 1996 | #2,760 | 44 | #592 | 304 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #862 | 157 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #1,598 | 55 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #1,677 | 49 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #1,587 | 52 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #1,223 | 69 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #1,283 | 58 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #1,269 | 58 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #1,979 | 27 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Tristian! It came in at #4,582, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Tristian is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- Georgia#792 · 1 in 4,566
- North Carolina#825 · 1 in 5,147
- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
- Texas#1,135 · 1 in 9,213
Best ever in a state: #230 in Idaho, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| North Carolina | #825 | 10 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Texas | #1,135 | 19 | 1 in 9,213 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 69 spots since 2024 (#1,583 → #1,514)
- 479 spots since 2020 (#1,035 → #1,514)
- Biggest jump: 1,357 spots in 1995
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 2015
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1996 at #592 (304 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1995–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,276
- Highest: 1 in 5,276 boys born in 2011 were named Tristian (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,853 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #592 in 1996, was only 1 in 6,231 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.3% of all boys named Tristian (2,731) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | #4,582 (1977) | #4,582 |
| 1980s | 368 | #1,223 (1988) | #1,968 |
| 1990s | 1,454 | #592 (1996) | #1,280 |
| 2000s | 2,608 | #693 (2009) | #763 |
| 2010s | 2,731 | #651 (2011) | #835 |
| 2020s | 792 | #1,035 (2020) | #1,424 |
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.
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