Recorded 1982–2025 · United States
Trystan was most popular in 2010, when 249 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,840 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,169 people named Trystan.
Trystan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1982, which makes it about 43 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 44 of the 44 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,169 American births named Trystan 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 5,092 are estimated to be alive today.
14 American babies were named Trystan in 2025, ranking #12,918 that year.
Trystan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 32 births a year, against 201 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -84% 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 Trystan is mostly a boy’s name — 12.8% of the 5,169 Americans given it were girls and 87.2% were boys. 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 5,092 Americans named Trystan are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 14 and 26. That is a narrow band because Trystan is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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