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Triston

#2,447 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Tristan

Triston has been given to 11,876 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #2,447 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 726 recorded.

Babies named Triston, 2025

1 in 59,200

Triston over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Triston: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Tristan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Triston means

Triston is a variant of Tristan.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Triston → Tristan. The family’s meaning is “riot”, recorded in English.

Origin, language, and formation

Triston is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tristan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,602 boys were recorded with the name Triston between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 726 in 1996; its best national rank was #342 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,092 in 2020 to #2,447 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #950 in 2015 to #2,447 in 2025.

In the United States, 274 girls were recorded with the name Triston between 1982 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1998; its best national rank was #4,786 in 1998.

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 Triston?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 59,200
56 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 30,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,447
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
41,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Triston sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 41,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Triston. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tristons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Triston was born before 2004 — so the typical Triston is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
43.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
63.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,602
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Choose a decade

2000s — 43.7% of all recorded uses (5,067).

Is Triston 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
+26
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−355
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,497
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.26×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.7%
Peak was 1996 (726)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#342
1996

Spellings of Triston

Triston is not the most common spelling — Tristan is, with 31.0% against Triston's 2.9%.

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.

Where Triston is used

Across 2016–2025, Triston was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 5,882 boys, against 1 in 25,610 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

117 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 5,882
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 10,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 10,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 14,286
  5. 5Georgia1 in 16,667
  6. 6Florida1 in 20,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 20,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Triston around the world

Where Triston 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
    1996–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1991–2018
    #2,905
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1977–2009
    #473
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Triston

People whose public names include Triston, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Triston by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,447
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 355
Best rank ever
#342
1996
Peak year
1996
726 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,602
Count in 2025
56

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,786
1998
Peak year
1998
23 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
274
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Triston

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

TritonTristinTrintonTristenTristianSheltonTrinityBrentonTrinidadTristynKashtonHoustonTrippStantonBrittonKentonLaytonJaxtonBostonBentonHamptonBrixtonLeightonBarton

Names with a curve like Triston

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Triston, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DevynBrennenJaylonKeshawnTyreseDevenReillyJaylinAustynJusticeTrevonBrenden

Sibling names for Triston

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

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