How Many People Are Named Tristen?

25,130

people named Tristen are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 13,600 people in the US has this name

Based on 25,554 babies named Tristen in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,422

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#599

See the top 100

Peak Year

1996

1,478 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: TRIS-tΙ™n
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant of TRISTAN, sometimes used as a feminine form.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Tristen in English. Counting Tristen and these spellings together, about 177,548 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

DrestDrustDrustanTristanBRITISHTristramTristinTristonTristΓ£oDrystanTrystanTrista

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
16.4%
Male
83.6%

Of the babies given the name Tristen, 16.4% were girls and 83.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Tristen fell from 82.5% in the 1970s to 3.4% in the 2020s.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Tristen alive today is about 21 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 27 in 2025.

Under 30 22,629
90%
30 to 59 2,501
10%
60 and over 0
0%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Tristen first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1996, to 1,478 babies. In 2025, 121 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Tristen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #249, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #1,512. Among girls, its best rank was #724, in 1996.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#1,512#17,066
Best rank#249 (1996)#724 (1996)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#324 in the 2000s#1,321 in the 2000s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Tristen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Tristen were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,225 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tristen was given 3.1 times as often in Montana, 2.5 times in Alaska and 2.2 times in Mississippi.

Texas 2,225
California 1,859
Florida 1,256
Georgia 1,075
Ohio 1,030
North Carolina 841
New York 764
Tennessee 676
Michigan 673
Louisiana 655
Missouri 647
Illinois 618
Indiana 601
Arizona 558
Washington 541
Virginia 537
Pennsylvania 513
Alabama 512
Oklahoma 484
South Carolina 443
Kentucky 421
Mississippi 413
Colorado 389
Arkansas 351
Utah 323
Minnesota 318
Maryland 311
Kansas 302
Oregon 284
Wisconsin 255
Iowa 214
New Mexico 201
Idaho 183
Nebraska 164
Nevada 163
Montana 152
New Jersey 126
West Virginia 126
South Dakota 107
Alaska 105
Massachusetts 98
Hawaii 67
Connecticut 47
North Dakota 44
New Hampshire 24
Wyoming 23
Maine 15
Vermont 5

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