NameTides

Tristan

Tristan was the #309 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,103 babies), and #273 in England & Wales and #189 in Canada.

Tristan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Tristan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & WalesIrelandScotland
Tristan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#309 (1,103)#273 (166)#333 (10)#199 (10)#317 (13)#189 (181)—
2024#267 (1,302)#253 (189)#209 (20)#339 (4)#302 (13)#132 (243)—
2023#253 (1,382)#232 (207)#267 (14)#189 (11)#303 (14)#125 (254)—
2022#225 (1,600)#247 (191)#342 (10)#311 (5)#293 (15)#124 (264)—
2021#208 (1,825)#221 (234)#437 (7)#326 (5)#271 (17)#107 (322)—
2020#182 (2,124)#220 (223)#426 (7)#304 (5)#204 (24)#103 (317)—
2019#151 (2,573)#213 (240)#278 (14)#209 (10)#268 (17)#86 (401)—
2018#123 (3,230)#180 (293)#275 (14)#195 (11)#205 (27)#72 (451)—
2017#121 (3,309)#173 (320)#291 (14)#214 (9)#179 (33)#67 (482)—
2016#108 (3,639)#164 (361)#315 (12)#180 (13)#190 (30)#59 (577)—
2015#101 (3,927)#168 (347)#308 (12)#288 (6)#173 (35)#54 (600)—
2014#98 (3,927)#163 (350)#289 (14)#243 (8)#144 (46)#57 (603)—
2013#96 (4,016)#138 (426)#234 (19)#244 (7)#142 (45)#44 (708)—
2012#88 (4,441)#134 (464)#216 (22)#167 (15)#144 (50)#43 (745)—
2011#87 (4,732)#131 (492)#181 (30)#204 (10)#128 (54)#38 (783)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #68.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1946.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 830common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 880common

Next year

On its recent trend, Tristan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tristan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #301WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #350ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #292NYMassachusetts: #259MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #325INOhio: #439OHPennsylvania: #255PANew Jersey: #324NJConnecticut: #281CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #273CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #366CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #333KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #233MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #308AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #267NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #239LAMississippi: #189MSAlabama: #274ALGeorgia: #240GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #326TXFlorida: #238FL
Tristan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7394
Ontario2024#18671

Tristan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TristanCanadaGirls—too few
TristanCanadaBoys#189181
TristanEngland & WalesBoys#273166
TristanIrelandBoys#31713
TristanNorthern IrelandBoys#19910
TristanNSWBoys—too few
TristanScotlandBoys#33310
TristanUSGirls#5,55422
TristanUSBoys#3091,103