Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tristan*

#268 most common boys' name of all time · #581 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1946–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#268
Rank overall
#581 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
130,794
Since 2016
22,434
Peak year
1996 #68
Best rank
#68 1996
Girls Boys peak 5,844/yr
1960198020002020

Tristan first appears in 1946. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 22 1,103 1,125 #309
2024 12 1,302 1,314 #267
2023 26 1,382 1,408 #253
2022 25 1,600 1,625 #226
2021 35 1,825 1,860 #208
2020 40 2,124 2,164 #182
2019 27 2,573 2,600 #151
2018 39 3,230 3,269 #123
2017 50 3,309 3,359 #121
2016 71 3,639 3,710 #108
2015 80 3,927 4,007 #101
2014 61 3,927 3,988 #98
2013 76 4,016 4,092 #96
2012 87 4,441 4,528 #88
2011 108 4,732 4,840 #87
2010 99 4,899 4,998 #84
2009 144 5,350 5,494 #80
2008 157 5,659 5,816 #81
2007 194 5,340 5,534 #87
2006 194 5,414 5,608 #86
2005 186 3,591 3,777 #113
2004 209 3,481 3,690 #115
2003 228 3,634 3,862 #112
2002 263 3,725 3,988 #103
2001 197 3,575 3,772 #108
2000 206 3,531 3,737 #105
1999 194 3,845 4,039 #99
1998 251 4,169 4,420 #92
1997 251 4,197 4,448 #92
1996 386 5,458 5,844 #68
1995 284 3,088 3,372 #121
1994 96 492 588 #452
1993 109 567 676 #409
1992 116 622 738 #374
1991 116 724 840 #337
1990 140 753 893 #330
1989 137 764 901 #312
1988 141 803 944 #289
1987 139 934 1,073 #247
1986 172 923 1,095 #244
1985 178 1,061 1,239 #222
1984 163 873 1,036 #251
1983 169 854 1,023 #248
1982 152 762 914 #275
1981 95 400 495 #416
1980 42 208 250 #604
1979 35 167 202 #661
1978 38 132 170 #736
1977 32 118 150 #790
1976 37 110 147 #795
1975 38 113 151 #782
1974 33 95 128 #828
1973 22 72 94 #956
1972 29 77 106 #914
1971 22 90 112 #861
1970 21 63 84 #1,029
1969 15 50 65 #1,109
1968 16 49 65 #1,067
1967 16 29 45 #1,445
1966 8 34 42 #1,323
1965 12 22 34 #1,718
1964 17 17 #2,032
1963 5 26 31 #1,579
1962 5 22 27 #1,755
1961 13 13 #2,401
1960 10 10 #2,844
1959 12 12 #2,517
1958 6 6 #3,882
1957 7 7 #3,508
1956 15 15 #2,163
1955 9 9 #2,946
1954 5 5 #4,260
1953 9 9 #2,895
1952 12 12 #2,365
1951 7 7 #3,344
1950 7 7 #3,313
1949 5 5 #4,148
1948 9 9 #2,785
1946 5 5 #4,017