Fun Facts About the Name Trystan
- More than 5 thousand babies named Trystan: U.S. records list 5,168 babies given the name Trystan from 1880 through 2025. Even 660 girls received the name Trystan - about 1 girl for every 7 boys.
What Does the Name Trystan Mean?
Trystan is a Welsh form of the name Tristan, and its meaning is uncertain. Tristan is often connected with Latin tristis, 'sad' or 'sorrowful,' and medieval French romances explain the hero's name as a reference to sorrow. That explanation may be a literary or folk etymology rather than the name's actual derivation. Another proposed source is an older Celtic name of the Drust- type, represented by Latin Drustanus and Welsh Drystan; the meaning of that element is not known.
Trystan Name History & Origins
Trystan is the Welsh spelling of a name that belongs to the Arthurian legend. Medieval Welsh tradition includes a figure named Drystan, and Trystan is the modern Welsh form of the name. The better-known Tristan appears in French and other European romances as a knight and the lover of Iseult; those works carried the story, and the name, through medieval Europe. An early inscribed stone in Cornwall commemorates a Drustanus, son of Cunomorus, and is sometimes linked with the Tristan story, though the connection is not certain.
How Popular is the Name Trystan?
Trystan recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2009. Its best rank was #796 in 1996.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | #13,697 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #12,376 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #8,835 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #10,095 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #7,612 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #6,707 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #6,094 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #6,133 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #5,585 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #6,300 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2008 | #5,427 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #5,221 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #6,821 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2005 | #4,260 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #3,389 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #3,524 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2002 | #3,592 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2001 | #4,559 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #4,781 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #4,865 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1998 | #3,641 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1997 | #3,445 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 1996 | #2,713 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #4,512 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #7,585 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #13,354 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #12,879 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,233 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #10,841 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #10,619 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #10,353 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #11,986 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,417 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #4,853 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #3,788 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #2,823 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2021 | #2,617 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 2020 | #2,686 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2019 | #2,107 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2018 | #1,601 | 103 | 0.0057% |
| 2017 | #1,377 | 129 | 0.0070% |
| 2016 | #1,168 | 164 | 0.0086% |
| 2015 | #1,147 | 165 | 0.0086% |
| 2014 | #1,108 | 173 | 0.0090% |
| 2013 | #1,126 | 162 | 0.0086% |
| 2012 | #974 | 206 | 0.0109% |
| 2011 | #949 | 210 | 0.0111% |
| 2010 | #909 | 224 | 0.0117% |
| 2009 | #924 | 225 | 0.0113% |
| 2008 | #967 | 207 | 0.0101% |
| 2007 | #1,001 | 195 | 0.0094% |
| 2006 | #973 | 192 | 0.0093% |
| 2005 | #1,160 | 138 | 0.0069% |
| 2004 | #1,058 | 153 | 0.0077% |
| 2003 | #981 | 163 | 0.0083% |
| 2002 | #953 | 169 | 0.0087% |
| 2001 | #1,013 | 148 | 0.0076% |
| 2000 | #910 | 171 | 0.0087% |
| 1999 | #1,038 | 134 | 0.0070% |
| 1998 | #857 | 170 | 0.0089% |
| 1997 | #820 | 178 | 0.0094% |
| 1996 | #796 | 182 | 0.0096% |
| 1995 | #1,157 | 99 | 0.0052% |
| 1994 | #3,740 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #3,033 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #3,452 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1991 | #4,209 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #5,786 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #3,795 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #4,146 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #3,325 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1986 | #3,638 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #6,484 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #7,268 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,474 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #3,470 | 13 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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