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 1961 and has been recorded in 54 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 254 babies (rank #74 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

4,348
Total babies (all years)
54
Years in the data
254
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
19611#999
19621#1,081
19631#1,068
19642#934
19652#976
19664#824
19672#1,020
19682#1,045
19697#721
19707#732
19718#709
19729#662
19737#705
197411#590
197511#587
197613#546
197713#538
197812#587
197925#393
198047#284
198168#227
198247#284
198326#402
198447#291
198550#277
198642#324
198753#287
198850#300
198948#324
199065#269
199174#239
199278#231
199375#236
199475#242
199578#231
1996101#189
1997144#141
1998163#129
1999176#121
2000186#109
2001217#93
2002224#92
2003243#82
2004254#74
2005211#86
2006216#84
2007222#75
2008247#70
2009202#90
2010174#95
2011115#134
201264#213
201366#213
201462#221