Triton

#4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births

Peak · boys
2014 · 88 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,495
since 1990

Triton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Triton has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #1,714, 2014boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,70721
2024#3,79329
2023#2,73747
2022#2,58952
2021#2,58850
2020#1,91177
2019#2,31059
2018#1,93776
2017#1,82082
2016#1,78885
2015#1,72989
2014#1,71488
2013#1,85177
2012#2,13263
2011#1,99968
2010#2,18760
2009#2,05067
2008#2,43252
2007#2,28157
2006#2,93238
2005#2,84637
2004#3,15831
2003#3,36627
2002#3,67023
2001#3,84221
2000#3,92220
1999#4,53715
1998#5,15912
1997#5,28811
1996#6,4968
1995#6,9927
1994#6,3728
1993#7,6386
1992#6,6707
1991#3,81315
1990#4,99310
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five boys were named Triton! It came in at #4,993, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1992–1996, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Triton is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedRIOregon: #634 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,627 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,045 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 32,328 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Triton, so not publishedGAHawaii: #275 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 901 boysHITexas: #2,391 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 37,616 boysTXFlorida: #1,684 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,670 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#275 · 1 in 901
  2. Oregon#634 · 1 in 3,627
  3. Florida#1,684 · 1 in 19,670
  4. California#2,045 · 1 in 32,328
  5. Texas#2,391 · 1 in 37,616

Best ever in a state: #153 in Hawaii, 2018.

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Hawaii#27551 in 901
Oregon#63451 in 3,627
Florida#1,68451 in 19,670
California#2,04571 in 32,328
Texas#2,39151 in 37,616
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See more about Triton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 914 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #4,707)
  • 2,796 spots since 2020 (#1,911 → #4,707)
  • 2,978 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #4,707)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2014 at #1,714 (88 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,536
  • Highest: 1 in 21,536 boys born in 2015 were named Triton (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,714 in 2014, was only 1 in 21,828 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 50.0% of all boys named Triton (747) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s99#3,813 (1991)#5,796
2000s373#2,050 (2009)#3,050
2010s747#1,714 (2014)#1,947
2020s276#1,911 (2020)#3,054

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.

Triton in 2015

boys
#1,729
89 births · 1 in 21,536 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,729Triton89
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 21,536 of them was named Triton, which outranked 87.7% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Triton
  1. #1,717Jiovanni90
  2. #1,717Lucio90
  3. #1,717Shaan90
  4. #1,729Triton89
  5. #1,729Aaiden89
  6. #1,729Cristofer89
  7. #1,729Deshaun89
  8. #1,740Aayush88
  9. #1,740Angus88
  10. #1,740Aspen88

Tied with 10 names at #1,729; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →