Tristian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tristian: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #324, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#324highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2019

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2337
1998	#1821
2000	#3036
2001	#2220
2005	#2174
2006	#2538
2007	#1756
2008	#1828
2009	#2544
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2012	#3039
2013	#4685
2016	#4810
2018	#3959
2019	#3411

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 17 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

In 2007: #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1756 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 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 recorded1998–2007
Highest recorded position: #324 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2007).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #3411 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys

Tristian appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 95 births with the name.

Tristian 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.

Tristian'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	#1765 (1996)	#1756 (2007)	#3411 (2019)	17 of 24	95 (1996–2019)	11 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1998)	#324 (1998)	#629 (2007)	2 of 10	7 (1998–2007)	4 (1998)

Tristian 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 Tristian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	50	7 of 10	7
2010s	29	7 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Tristian 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 2019. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Tristian'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	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 2019, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #324, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,411position in 2019, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

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.

Tristan · #74, 49y
Tristen · #451, 25y
Trixie · #949, 23y
Tron · #175, 40y

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.

Aarron · #323, 19y
Lelia · #325, 19y
Mamie · #325, 14y
Rosario · #325, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chi · #324, 29y
Dante · #324, 30y
Finnan · #324, 23y
Issac · #324, 30y

Tristian was ranked #324 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1998. 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.

Tristian 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 Tristian without appearing here.

Tristian moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #4702.
Shannon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #4702.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4810 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #4749.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2220 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Tristian

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #2403.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1828 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #2629.

Moved the opposite way to Tristian

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 while Albie went from #853 to #45.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 while Alfie went from #119 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 while Alfred went from #218 to #97.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 while Archie went from #192 to #19.

Moved the same way as Tristian

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 and Aaron from #33 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 and Alan from #163 to #312.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Tristian went from #1765 to #3411 and Alex from #43 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2019. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tristian

Tristian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tristian across 2 official records

Tristian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tristian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Tristian at a glance

Tristian across 2 official records

Tristian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tristian 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 Tristian

Tristian and the names beside it

Tristian moved ahead of

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