Tris

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Riot, through Tristram

Tris has been given to 191 babies in the U.S. since 1952. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2015, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% girls, 31% boys all-time.

Babies named Tris, 2018

1 in 586,000

Tris over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tris over time

In 2018, Tris went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19522018

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tris: meaning, origin, and history

Riot, through Tristram

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tris means

Tris belongs to the name family reached through Tris → Tristram → Tristan. Its meaning is “riot”.

Origin, language, and formation

Tris is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tristram, Tristan, Patricia and Beatrice.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Tris is pronounced /tɹɪs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 132 girls were recorded with the name Tris between 1952 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2015; its best national rank was #4,495 in 1958.

In the United States, 59 boys were recorded with the name Tris between 1957 and 1963. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1959; its best national rank was #2,520 in 1959.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tris?

Tris had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 586,000; 6 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only: 1 in 283,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 406,284 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tris sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 406,284 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Triss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tris was born before 1967 — so the typical Tris is around 58 today.

Median birth year: 1967; About 58 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 43.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 28.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 132; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 43.2% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Tris rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2015 (14)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,495; 1958

Spellings of Tris

Tris is not the most common spelling — Doris is, with 26.2% against Tris's <0.01%.

Doris26.2%462,548
Lois18.9%332,950
Erin17.9%316,575
Iris5.8%101,550
Aria5.4%95,674
Teri2.5%43,957
Trisha2.3%40,302
Tori2.1%37,134

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tris around the world

Where Tris ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2023–2023
#4,710
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Tris by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,495; 1958
Peak year: 2015; 14 that year
First recorded: 1952
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 132
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,520; 1959
Peak year: 1959; 12 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 1963
All-time count: 59
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tris

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tria Trixy Ayris Triva Trica Trinna Trinty Trine Tridha Airis Idris Trivia Tricha Oris Harris Trinh Trissa Trinka Tritia Trisa Jeris Tristy Trishika Kharis

Sibling names for Tris

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Aliah Jessa Coraline Milana Alannah Arden Averi Karleigh

For a brother

Caesar Crosby Kolten Immanuel Raylan Emmet Aarav Blaze

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