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How popular is the name Tristan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Tristans are alive today.
Tristan (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 273rd in 2025 with 166 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2010, when 517 babies were given the name, the 121st most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 32% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 9,300 babies have been named Tristan in England and Wales since 1996.
The Tristan you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Tristans born in England and Wales are between 11 and 26, and there are at least 11,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Tristan.
How many babies are named Tristan each year?
Where does Tristan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Tristan most popular?
Tristan peaked in 2010, when 517 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Tristan?
At least 11,000 people named Tristan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tristan?
Most living Tristans are between 11 and 26; the most common age is about 16.
Is Tristan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.