NameTides

Tristen

Tristen was the #1,509 boys' name in the US in 2025 (116 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Tristen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tristen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Tristen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,509 (116)#4,275 (4)——
2024#1,432 (127)——#2,062 (9)
2023#1,253 (154)#2,814 (7)—#2,336 (7)
2022#1,289 (148)#3,450 (5)—#2,052 (8)
2021#1,054 (203)——#1,898 (9)
2020#846 (269)——#1,454 (13)
2019#845 (265)#3,411 (5)—#1,530 (12)
2018#723 (331)——#1,279 (15)
2017#675 (376)#3,040 (6)—#1,308 (15)
2016#635 (420)#3,478 (5)—#1,069 (20)
2015#620 (433)#2,483 (8)—#978 (22)
2014#508 (551)#1,721 (13)—#784 (30)
2013#452 (629)#1,462 (16)—#714 (34)
2012#359 (849)#1,313 (19)—#675 (36)
2011#353 (851)#1,209 (21)—#469 (58)

Tristen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Tristen as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Tristen as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#14,942 (5)—
2024#13,477 (6)—
2022#12,243 (7)—
2021#12,206 (7)—
2020#8,953 (11)—
2019#9,112 (11)—
2018#9,806 (10)—
2017#4,695 (29)—
2016#5,284 (25)—
2015#6,977 (17)—
2014#3,486 (45)—
2013#3,166 (51)—
2012#2,978 (57)—
2011#2,725 (64)—
2010#2,642 (68)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #249.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 330,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tristen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tristen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #829MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Tristen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TristenCanadaGirls—too few
TristenCanadaBoys—too few
TristenEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
TristenIrelandBoys—too few
TristenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TristenUSGirls#14,9425
TristenUSBoys#1,509116