Tristan
Pronounced T R AY1 S EY1 N T IH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2008
- 79 years in use
- 4 spellings
How popular is Tristan?
Tristan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1946. It has been given to 170,549 children — the 225th most common boys' name on record.
It is falling away, down 52% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2008, when 7,229 children were given it.
Four other spellings are counted in that total — Tristen, Tristin, Trysten and one more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Tristan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Tristen
- Tristin
- Trysten
- Trystin
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T R AY1 S EY1 N T IH0 N · T R AY1 S EY1 N T IH1 N · T R AY1 S T EH1 N · T R AY1 S T R IY1 T IH0 N · T R AY1 S T R IY1 T IH1 N · T R IH1 S T AE2 N
- Stress pattern:
- 110 · 111 · 11 · 110 · 111 · 12
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Tristan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Tristan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Tristan?
- Tristan ranks 225th among boys' names in US records, with 170,549 births since 1946. Over the past decade it accounts for 28,910.
- Is Tristan a unisex name?
- No. Tristan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Tristan most popular?
- 2008, when 7,229 children were given the name. It has been in use for 79 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Tristan spelled?
- Tristen, Tristin, Trysten, Trystin. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.