Masculine dossier · first seen 1946

Tristan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Tristan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2008

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

5,659

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1946Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

77.1%

2024

1,296

All-time

123,112

Tristan is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 5,659 boys were named Tristan.

In 2024, only 1,296 boys were given the name.

Down 77.1% from its peak.

All told, about 123,112 Americans have been named Tristan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1946.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2008

20085,659 boys named Tristan

20241,296 boys named Tristan

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