Tristan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Latin

Meaning

Tristan, Tristram, or Tristen is a given name derived from Welsh drust, influenced by the French word triste and WelshThe name owes its popularity to the character of Tristan, one of the Knights of the Round Table and the tragic hero of Tristan and Iseult.

From Wikipedia

Tristan first appears in the data in 1982 and has been recorded in 24 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 332 babies (rank #104 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Tristan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Tristan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,760
Total babies (all years)
24
Years in the data
332
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1982127#88
1984123#87
1985140#79
1986123#87
198787#91
198872#99
1989118#89
1996152#89
199768#102
1998177#78
1999231#62
2000181#74
200170#104
200259#106
200361#106
200471#105
200560#108
2006106#94
2007109#97
2008125#91
201411#174
2015150#117
2016332#104
20177#247