# Tristen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tristen/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,554 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,372 / 4,182 (16% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 314, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare non-standard spelling of Tristan.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 68 | 2,669 |
| 2011 | 64 | 2,760 |
| 2012 | 57 | 3,003 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,215 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,542 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,247 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,437 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,798 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,502 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,686 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,499 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13,363 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,469 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15,102 |
| 2025 | 5 | 17,071 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 851 | 353 |
| 2012 | 849 | 360 |
| 2013 | 629 | 452 |
| 2014 | 551 | 508 |
| 2015 | 433 | 620 |
| 2016 | 420 | 635 |
| 2017 | 376 | 676 |
| 2018 | 331 | 725 |
| 2019 | 265 | 848 |
| 2020 | 269 | 849 |
| 2021 | 203 | 1,059 |
| 2022 | 148 | 1,295 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,257 |
| 2024 | 127 | 1,437 |
| 2025 | 116 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18 | 1,252 |
| 2008 | 16 | 1,403 |
| 2009 | 18 | 1,302 |
| 2010 | 26 | 1,055 |
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Tristen

- Tristen Newton, American 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.