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Tristyn

#4,689 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Tristyn has been given to 4,465 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #4,689 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 139 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% boys, 50% girls all-time.

Babies named Tristyn, 2025

1 in 151,000

Tristyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Tristyn over time

In 2025, Tristyn went to 46% girls and 54% boys.

19822025

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.

Tristyn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tristyn means

Tristyn is a given name.

The naming story behind Tristyn

Wikidata records Tristyn as a given name. The entity identifier is Q119007805, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,244 boys were recorded with the name Tristyn between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 139 in 2010; its best national rank was #1,261 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,194 in 2020 to #4,689 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,844 in 2015 to #4,689 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,221 girls were recorded with the name Tristyn between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 113 in 2002; its best national rank was #1,640 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,904 in 2020 to #6,304 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,023 in 2015 to #6,304 in 2025.

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.

How common is Tristyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 77,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,689
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tristyn 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 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tristyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tristyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tristyn was born before 2010 — so the typical Tristyn is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,244
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.0% of all recorded uses (966).

Is Tristyn 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
−1,175
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,495
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,845
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.27×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
15.8%
Peak was 2010 (139)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,261
2010

Spellings of Tristyn

Tristyn is not the most common spelling — Tristan is, with 63.4% against Tristyn's 1.1%.

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 Tristyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tristyn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 187,315 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 50,000
  2. 2Arizona1 in 100,000
  3. 3Colorado1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 100,000

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. Tristyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tristyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tristyn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 142,241 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 100,000
  5. 5Hawaii1 in 100,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 100,000
  8. 8Arkansas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Tristyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tristyn around the world

Where Tristyn 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
    2003–2016
    #4,810
    in 2016
  • Canada
    1995–2014
    #2,134
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    1986–2011
    #784
    in 2011

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.

Tristyn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,689
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,495
Best rank ever
#1,261
2010
Peak year
2010
139 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,244
Count in 2025
22

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,304
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,400
Best rank ever
#1,640
2002
Peak year
2002
113 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,221
Count in 2025
19

Names similar to Tristyn

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

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Names with a curve like Tristyn

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

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Sibling names for Tristyn

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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