Tristyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TRIS-tin
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Tristyn is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Tristyn mean?
Celtic: variant of Tristan, from the Pictish name Drustan
Tristan is the knight of Arthurian legend whose doomed love for Isolde inspired Wagner's opera.
Is Tristyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Tristyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Tristyn in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tristyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tristyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Tristyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Tristyn, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 139 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991. 19 girls were also named Tristyn in 2025 (6,115th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Tristyn than any year since 1994.
Half of all the boys named Tristyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,348 boys in the US were given Tristyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #277, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
In 1995, 67% of the babies named Tristyn in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 46%, with more boys than girls since 2021.
Tristyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,028 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,003 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,627 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,398 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,271 |
| 2010 | 139 | #1,256 |
| 2009 | 136 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 128 | #1,343 |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,433 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,447 |
| 2005 | 85 | #1,601 |
| 2004 | 61 | #1,970 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,900 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Tristyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Jaxon Mason Ethan Jenson Grayson Theo Jayden Noah Marley Austin Enzo
Other spellings of Tristyn
Names related to Tristyn
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, “Tristyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tristyn, updated 20 October 2026.