Recorded 1968–2025 · United States
Tristen was most popular in 1996, when 1,478 American babies were given the name — ranking #416 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,107, with 121 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 25,554 people named Tristen.
Tristen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1968, which makes it about 57 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 58 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 25,554 American births named Tristen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 25,134 are estimated to be alive today.
121 American babies were named Tristen in 2025, ranking #3,107 that year.
Tristen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 155 births a year, against 709 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -78% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tristen is mostly a boy’s name — 16.4% of the 25,554 Americans given it were girls and 83.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1995 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 25,134 Americans named Tristen are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 16 and 28. That is a narrow band: Tristen arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org