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Triton

#4,844 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Triton has been given to 1,495 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #4,844 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 89 recorded.

Babies named Triton, 2025

1 in 158,000

Triton over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Triton: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Triton means

Triton is a given name.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,495 boys were recorded with the name Triton between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 89 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,726 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,920 in 2020 to #4,844 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,738 in 2015 to #4,844 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 Triton?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 81,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,844
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Triton 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 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Triton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tritons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Triton was born before 2014 — so the typical Triton is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,495
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (747).

Is Triton 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
−957
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,924
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,106
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.24×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
23.6%
Peak was 2015 (89)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,726
2014

Spellings of Triton

Triton is not the most common spelling — Tristan is, with 39.1% against Triton's 0.47%.

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 Triton is used

Across 2016–2025, Triton was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 4,348 boys, against 1 in 43,173 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

123 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 4,348
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in 33,333
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 33,333
  6. 6California1 in 50,000
  7. 7Indiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8Texas1 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.

Triton around the world

Where Triton 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.

  • Canada
    2000–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1997–2003
    #588
    in 2003

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Triton by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,844
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,924
Best rank ever
#1,726
2014
Peak year
2015
89 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,495
Count in 2025
21

Names similar to Triton

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

TrintonTristonTristynDuttonTriptonHestonKiptonPattonTrinityWintonElstonHuxtonTaytonFentonHoltonRustonJaytonKeetonLeytonAlstonAyrtonKestonHustonKeyton

Sibling names for Triton

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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