Tristen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tristen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tristen: Recorded since 1996, it reached #451 in 2002, and it stood at #2,813 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1174
1998	#1110
1999	#1664
2000	#1703
2001	#1746
2002	#1651
2003	#1326
2004	#1280
2005	#1190
2006	#1016
2007	#1252
2008	#1403
2009	#1302
2010	#1055
2011	#1209
2012	#1313
2013	#1462
2014	#1721
2015	#2483
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2019	#3411
2022	#3449
2023	#2813

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2010: #611 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1055 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2010
Highest recorded position: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #2813 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Tristen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 310 births with the name.

Tristen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tristen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1016 (2006)	#2813 (2023)	25 of 28	310 (1996–2023)	26 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#611 (2010)	4 of 9	14 (2002–2010)	4 (2009)

Tristen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tristen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	139	10 of 10	14
2010s	119	9 of 10	13
2020s	12	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tristen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Tristen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Trisha · #661, 29y
Tristan · #74, 49y
Tristian · #324, 17y
Trixie · #949, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Akeem · #451, 29y
Alin · #451, 20y
Ellie-Grace · #451, 21y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Akeem · #451, 29y
Anderson · #451, 29y
Ayooluwa · #451, 11y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Tristen was ranked #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tristen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tristen without appearing here.

Tristen moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3040 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #3225.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Tristen

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Gustav Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2320.
Rodney Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2320.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Tristen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Tristen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristen went from #1235 to #2813 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tristen

Tristen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tristen across 2 official records

Tristen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tristen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tristen

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Tristen moved ahead of

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Tristen at a glance

Tristen across 2 official records

Tristen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tristen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tristen

Tristen and the names beside it

Tristen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tristen

Moved the opposite way to Tristen

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