girls:
640 births since 1982
#5076 (11th percentile)
boys:
7.7k births since 1977
#1339 (71st percentile)
overall:
8.4k births since 1977
#2952 (62nd percentile)
The name Tristian is the #2,952 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,370 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 61.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,339 (70.8% percentile) for all time with 7,730 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,076 (11.2% percentile) for all time with 640 births since 1982.
Tristian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Tristian is available in 44 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (44 years for boys and 37 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tristian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Tristian reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 37.6% percentile (ranked #550) with 177 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 177 births per million (ranked 37.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tristian ranks #812 for boys (10.9% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 32.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tristian reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #820) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tristian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tristian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.5% confident that Tristian is pronounced as TRIHS-chuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TRIH-stee-uhn, at 47.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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