# Tristan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tristan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “riot”, “tumult” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹɪstən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tris |
| Variant spellings | Tristram |
| US babies named this | 130,794 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 124,243 / 6,551 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,337, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 108 | 1,871 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,188 |
| 2013 | 76 | 2,405 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,841 |
| 2015 | 80 | 2,339 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,536 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,242 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,842 |
| 2019 | 27 | 5,030 |
| 2020 | 40 | 3,734 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,163 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,293 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,114 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,903 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,706 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,732 | 87 |
| 2012 | 4,441 | 88 |
| 2013 | 4,016 | 96 |
| 2014 | 3,927 | 98 |
| 2015 | 3,927 | 101 |
| 2016 | 3,639 | 108 |
| 2017 | 3,309 | 121 |
| 2018 | 3,230 | 123 |
| 2019 | 2,573 | 151 |
| 2020 | 2,124 | 182 |
| 2021 | 1,825 | 208 |
| 2022 | 1,600 | 226 |
| 2023 | 1,382 | 253 |
| 2024 | 1,302 | 267 |
| 2025 | 1,103 | 309 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 492 | 131 |
| 2012 | 464 | 134 |
| 2013 | 426 | 138 |
| 2014 | 350 | 163 |
| 2015 | 347 | 168 |
| 2016 | 361 | 164 |
| 2017 | 320 | 173 |
| 2018 | 293 | 180 |
| 2019 | 240 | 213 |
| 2020 | 223 | 220 |
| 2021 | 234 | 221 |
| 2022 | 191 | 247 |
| 2023 | 207 | 232 |
| 2024 | 189 | 253 |
| 2025 | 166 | 273 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 特里斯坦
- Dutch: Tristan
- French: Tristan
- German: Tristan
- Greek: Τριστάνος
- Icelandic: Tristan
- Italian: Tristano
- Polish: Tristan
- Portuguese: Tristão
- Russian: Триста́н
- Spanish: Tristán
- Welsh: Trystan

## People named Tristan

- Tristan Bernard, French playwright (1866–1947)
- Tristan Corbière, French poet
- Tristan Thompson, Canadian basketball player (born 1991)
- Tristan Wilds, American actor
- Tristan Gale, American skeleton racer
- Tristan Taormino, American author, educator, columnist and adult film director
- Tristan Walker, Canadian Luge Athlete
- Tristan Hoffman, Dutch cyclist
- Tristan Prettyman, American musician
- Tristan Thomas, Australian athlete
- Tristan Vautier, French racing driver
- Tristan da Silva, German basketball player (born 2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.