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Trystan

#6,413 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Tristan

Trystan has been given to 5,169 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #6,413 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 225 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Trystan, 2025

1 in 237,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Trystan went to 0% girls and 100% 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.

Trystan: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Tristan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Trystan means

Trystan is a variant of Tristan.

Meaning behind the documented name family

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tristan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,509 boys were recorded with the name Trystan between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 225 in 2009; its best national rank was #794 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,685 in 2020 to #6,413 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,147 in 2015 to #6,413 in 2025.

In the United States, 660 girls were recorded with the name Trystan between 1983 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 46 in 1996; its best national rank was #2,709 in 1996.

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 Trystan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,413
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Trystan 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Trystan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Trystans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Trystan was born before 2007 — so the typical Trystan is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
39.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
75.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,509
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 39.1% of all recorded uses (1,761).

Is Trystan 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
−1,729
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,728
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,266
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.08×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.2%
Peak was 2009 (225)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#794
1996

Spellings of Trystan

Trystan is not the most common spelling — Tristan is, with 63.9% against Trystan's 2.3%.

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 Trystan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Trystan was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 36,665 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

25 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 20,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3Nevada1 in 25,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 25,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 33,333
  6. 6Arizona1 in 50,000
  7. 7California1 in 50,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 50,000

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.

Where Trystan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Trystan was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 349,340 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Trystan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Trystan around the world

Where Trystan 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
    1996–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2005–2005
    #518
    in 2005
  • France
    1975–2025
    #3,434
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #2,747
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1979–2008
    #467
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Trystan

People whose public names include Trystan, 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.

Trystan in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Trystan. Linked forms have their own page here.

TristanThristanTristanoTristramTristãoTrisztán

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Trystan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,413
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,728
Best rank ever
#794
1996
Peak year
2009
225 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,509
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,709
1996
Peak year
1996
46 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
660
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Trystan

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

JonatanYonatanTrystenTrystonSultanTitanTrystinChristanKristanEitanJhonatanZoltanNatanStanTytanDustanChetanTrystynFintanMatanTrygveTristanDastanBrittan

Names with a curve like Trystan

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

IsaakGaigeTreyvonReillyKonnerRyleyJayvonKamrenKollinAdityaBraytonJaycob

Sibling names for Trystan

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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