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

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Peak · boys
1996 · 304 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,960
since 1977

Tristian over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #2,760, 1996peak #592, 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—#1,514115
2024—#1,583109
2023—#1,640105
2022—#1,353138
2021—#1,419129
2020—#1,035196
2019—#961222
2018#13,7936#885246
2017#14,1246#940222
2016#16,2155#930228
2015#13,0067#998204
2014#11,9318#873249
2013#8,58013#774290
2012#9,71111#677349
2011#9,15012#651360
2010#9,23112#665361
2009#7,67916#693349
2008#6,13022#727318
2007#6,81219#724316
2006#5,54524#721299
2005#5,80021#854215
2004#5,74421#788229
2003#5,09224#822213
2002#4,17930#788219
2001#4,32128#788214
2000#5,70519#727236
1999#5,66118#724226
1998#4,14227#670254
1997#3,81529#612287
1996#2,76044#592304
1995#3,58530#862157
1994#9,5868#2,21936
1993#10,5887#2,25734
1992#5,26718#1,59855
1991#6,25314#1,67749
1990#5,54916#1,58752
1989#5,04917#1,73344
1988#5,59814#1,22369
1987#4,28319#1,28358
1986#3,64523#1,26958
1985#4,63516#1,24259
1984#3,72621#1,97927
1983#6,7059#2,20823
1982#8,2247#2,26922
1981—#4,5098
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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 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedMNIllinois: #764 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,229 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedWIMichigan: #735 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,892 boysMINew York: #900 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,682 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedIAIndiana: #921 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,741 boysINOhio: #1,014 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,082 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,074 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,310 boysPANew Jersey: #783 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,679 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,736 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 22,572 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedVAMaryland: #779 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,211 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedARTennessee: #496 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,708 boysTNNorth Carolina: #503 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,786 boysNCSouth Carolina: #348 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,587 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #709 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,767 boysLAMississippi: #371 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,599 boysMSAlabama: #363 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,618 boysALGeorgia: #537 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,055 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tristian, so not publishedHITexas: #994 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 8,727 boysTXFlorida: #862 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 6,317 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#348 · 1 in 1,587
  2. Alabama#363 · 1 in 1,618
  3. Mississippi#371 · 1 in 1,599
  4. Tennessee#496 · 1 in 2,708
  5. North Carolina#503 · 1 in 2,786

Best ever in a state: #230 in Idaho, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#348131 in 1,587
Alabama#363141 in 1,618
Mississippi#37181 in 1,599
Tennessee#496131 in 2,708
North Carolina#503181 in 2,786
Georgia#537171 in 3,055
Louisiana#70961 in 3,767
Michigan#73591 in 4,892
Illinois#764111 in 5,229
Maryland#77951 in 5,211
New Jersey#78371 in 5,679
Florida#862151 in 6,317
New York#900141 in 6,682
Indiana#92151 in 6,741
Texas#994201 in 8,727
Ohio#1,01471 in 8,082
Pennsylvania#1,07461 in 9,310
California#1,73691 in 22,572
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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 Tristian
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 69 spots since 2024 (#1,583 → #1,514)
  • 479 spots since 2020 (#1,035 → #1,514)
  • 516 spots since 2015 (#998 → #1,514)
  • Biggest jump: 1,357 spots in 1995 (#2,219 → #862)
  • Biggest drop: 125 spots in 2015 (#873 → #998)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s7#4,582 (1977)#4,582
1980s368#1,223 (1988)#1,968
1990s1,454#592 (1996)#1,280
2000s2,608#693 (2009)#763
2010s2,731#651 (2011)#835
2020s792#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.

Tristian in 2019

boys
#961
222 births · 1 in 8,082 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #961Tristian222
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 8,082 of them was named Tristian, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tristian
  1. #957Darwin223
  2. #957Jordy223
  3. #957Marquis223
  4. #961Tristian222
  5. #961Ambrose222
  6. #961Anakin222
  7. #961Juelz222
  8. #968Alistair221
  9. #968Colter221
  10. #968Ephraim221

Tied with 6 names at #961; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →