# Tristian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tristian/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,601 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,960 / 641 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 95, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare modern variant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 21 | 5,952 |
| 2005 | 21 | 5,984 |
| 2006 | 24 | 5,696 |
| 2007 | 19 | 7,077 |
| 2008 | 22 | 6,335 |
| 2009 | 16 | 8,029 |
| 2010 | 12 | 9,742 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9,684 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,378 |
| 2013 | 13 | 9,008 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,986 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,383 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,770 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,537 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 360 | 652 |
| 2012 | 349 | 679 |
| 2013 | 290 | 776 |
| 2014 | 249 | 875 |
| 2015 | 204 | 1,005 |
| 2016 | 228 | 931 |
| 2017 | 222 | 943 |
| 2018 | 246 | 887 |
| 2019 | 222 | 966 |
| 2020 | 196 | 1,038 |
| 2021 | 129 | 1,423 |
| 2022 | 138 | 1,362 |
| 2023 | 105 | 1,649 |
| 2024 | 109 | 1,588 |
| 2025 | 115 | 1,518 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,174 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 11 | 1,756 |
| 2008 | 11 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |

## 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.