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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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
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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.

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
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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 1999

girls
#5,661
18 births · 1 in 98,546 girls
boys
#724
226 births · 1 in 8,496 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #5,661Tristian18

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #724Tristian226
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 98,546 of them was named Tristian, which outranked 66.6% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tristian
  1. #5,424Ziona19
  2. #5,424Zofia19
  3. #5,424Zoria19
  4. #5,661Tristian18
  5. #5,661Addy18
  6. #5,661Adrieanna18
  7. #5,661Adriene18
  8. #5,896Aaliah17
  9. #5,896Aarti17
  10. #5,896Abagael17

Tied with 234 names at #5,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 8,496 of them was named Tristian, which outranked 93.8% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tristian
  1. #721Lamont228
  2. #721Milton228
  3. #723Dylon227
  4. #724Tristian226
  5. #724Clark226
  6. #724Gianni226
  7. #724Greyson226
  8. #728Dallin225
  9. #728Jairo225
  10. #730Carlton224

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999