Triston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TRIS-tan
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,421 for boys
Triston is a boys' name of Celtic origin, meaning “tumult”. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Triston mean?
Celtic: spelling of Tristan; from Brythonic Drustan, via French
“tumult”
Hero of the medieval romance Tristan and Iseult; the spelling was influenced by French triste, sad.
Meaning borrowed from Tristan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Triston a girl's or a boy's name?
Triston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Triston in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Triston in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Triston in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Triston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Triston, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,069th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 726 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Triston in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,348 boys in the US were given Triston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #277, up from #2,421 for this spelling alone.
Triston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,069 |
| 2019 | 86 | #1,790 |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,465 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,276 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | 218 | #950 |
| 2014 | 259 | #856 |
| 2013 | 296 | #762 |
| 2012 | 348 | #680 |
| 2011 | 371 | #630 |
| 2010 | 442 | #575 |
| 2009 | 480 | #550 |
| 2008 | 547 | #500 |
| 2007 | 481 | #534 |
| 2006 | 538 | #486 |
| 2005 | 510 | #487 |
| 2004 | 492 | #497 |
| 2003 | 455 | #521 |
| 2002 | 516 | #465 |
| 2001 | 508 | #469 |
| 2000 | 540 | #442 |
| 1999 | 501 | #457 |
| 1998 | 656 | #380 |
| 1997 | 666 | #368 |
| 1996 | 726 | #342 |
| 1995 | 372 | #526 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,790 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,323 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1989 | 58 | #1,428 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,270 |
| 1986 | 52 | #1,362 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,169 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 40 | #1,515 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,241 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Nicknames for Triston
- Tris
Names like Triston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mason Ethan Hudson Jaxon Grayson Jenson Nathan Dylan Harrison Jason Austin Jacob
Other spellings of Triston
Names related to Triston
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alana Alan Vienna Lana Alaina Sabrina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah Cedric
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Triston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/triston, updated 20 October 2026.