# Tristram (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tristram/  
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 | /ˈtɹɪstɹəm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tris |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 114 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 114 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | 4,706 |
| 1969 | 9 | 3,298 |
| 1971 | 8 | 3,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | 5,093 |
| 1981 | 6 | 6,212 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,337 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,273 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,753 |
| 1987 | 10 | 4,559 |
| 1989 | 5 | 9,146 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,907 |
| 1998 | 7 | 8,407 |
| 2001 | 5 | 12,193 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,454 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,893 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## People named Tristram

- Tristram Dalton, American politician (1738-1817)
- Tristram Stuart, British author and activist
- Tristram Hunt, British historian, museum director and ex-politician (born 1974)
- Tristram Cary, English composer (1925–2008)
- Tris Coffin, American actor (1909-1990)

## 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.