Mostly boys · peaked in 1996
Tristen name popularity since 1925
25,554 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tristen (16.4% girls, 83.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2004 or earlier, so the typical Tristen is about 22 years old in 2026. Tristen peaked in 1996 as the #249 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,554
- Named Tristen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,512 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 83.6% boys
- 4,182 girls · 21,372 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 1.96× its national share
Peak year is the year Tristen made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tristen births per year, 1925–2025
1996 was the biggest year for Tristen both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 2017 and 2022, Tristen's share of baby boys fell by 58%, from 1 in 4,920 to 1 in 11,800.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Tristen's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tristen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tristen in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 20 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 137 | 29 | #5,423 |
| 1980s | 505 | 453 | #1,056 |
| 1990s | 1,444 | 5,023 | #383 |
| 2000s | 1,663 | 9,204 | #342 |
| 2010s | 377 | 5,646 | #620 |
| 2020–25 | 36 | 1,017 | #1,512 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
67.4% of babies named Tristen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Tristen is most popular
The index compares Tristen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tristen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1.96× | 567 |
| Georgia | 1.77× | 1,090 |
| Utah | 1.73× | 329 |
| Oklahoma | 1.69× | 492 |
| Louisiana | 1.66× | 665 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tristen and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tristen (this page) | 21,372 | 1996 |
| Tristan | 124,243 | 1996 |
| Triston | 11,602 | 1996 |
| Tristin | 9,785 | 1996 |
| Tristyn | 2,244 | 2010 |
| Trysten | 1,410 | 2011 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tristen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tristen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tristen (1996).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data