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Trystan

Gender
Boy
Say it
TRIS-tan
Origin
Celtic
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#6,140 for boys

Trystan is a boys' name of Celtic origin, meaning “tumult”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).

What does Trystan mean?

Celtic: Welsh spelling of Tristan

“tumult”

The Welsh form of Tristan; Drystan is an older Welsh form found in medieval tales.

Is Trystan a girl's or a boy's name?

Trystan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Trystan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,511th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 45% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Trystan, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 40 boys.

Half of all the boys named Trystan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 199 boys in the UK were given Trystan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #269, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20092025
Trystan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20246#3,335
202313#1,917
202217#1,561
202113#1,876
202020#1,356
201916#1,608
201815#1,715
201724#1,222
201625#1,195
201532#1,005
201437#891
201335#919
201237#905
201131#993
201033#951
200940#797
200839#806
200732#896
200630#894
200526#944
200420#1,071
200324#900
200217#1,067
200123#818
200014#1,113
19998#1,582
199821#818
199715#1,025
199618#852

How popular is Trystan in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,140th among boys
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 70% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Trystan, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 225 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Trystan than any year since 1991.

Half of all the boys named Trystan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,348 boys in the US were given Trystan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #277, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 40% of the babies named Trystan in the US in 1994, and 9% in 2019.

1982Busiest: 225 in 20092025
Trystan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202514#6,140
202422#4,567
202330#3,710
202246#2,791
202150#2,587
202047#2,657
201969#2,080
2018103#1,593
2017129#1,373
2016164#1,164
2015165#1,141
2014173#1,102
2013162#1,119
2012206#973
2011210#943
2010224#908
2009225#920
2008207#966
2007195#996
2006192#971
2005138#1,154
2004153#1,052
2003163#978
2002169#947
2001148#1,009
2000171#905
1999134#1,030
1998170#854
1997178#816
1996182#793
199599#1,147
199418#3,590
199323#2,937
199219#3,331
199114#3,998
19909#5,375
198915#3,612
198812#3,910
198715#3,197
198613#3,437
19856#5,780
19845#6,311
19839#4,139
198213#3,281

Nicknames for Trystan

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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, “Trystan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/trystan, updated 20 October 2026.