How Many People Are Named Tristan?
people named Tristan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,662 people in the US has this name
Based on 130,794 babies named Tristan in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,844 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Old French form of the Pictish name Drustan, a diminutive of DRUST. The spelling was altered by association with Latin tristis "sad". Tristan is a character in medieval French tales, probably inspired by older Celtic legends, and ultimately merged into Arthurian legend. According to the story Tristan was sent to Ireland in order to fetch Isolde, who was to be the bride of King Mark of Cornwall. On the way back, Tristan and Isolde accidentally drink a potion which makes them fall in love. Their tragic story was very popular in the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since that time.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tristan in English. Counting Tristan and these spellings together, about 177,548 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tristan, 5% were girls and 95% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Tristan fell from 22.1% in the 1960s to 1.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tristan alive today is about 19 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tristan first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1996, to 5,844 babies. In 2025, 1,125 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tristan never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #68, in 1996, and it was in the top 100 in 13 years between 1996 and 2014. In 2025 it ranked #309.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #309 |
| Best rank | #68 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | 13 (1996 to 2014) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #100 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tristan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tristan were born in California than in any other state: about 12,724 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tristan was given 2.3 times as often in Alaska, 2.2 times in Montana and 1.9 times in Wyoming.
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