boy's name

Trystan

  • Origin Welsh
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 8,320

Ireland

#654

2005 births

Trystan is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Trystan is a name of Welsh origin.
  • Peaked in 2010, when 249 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1982.

Trystan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,066
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Trystan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 117
1990s 1,029
2000s 2,066
2010s 1,748
2020s (to 2025) 209

How popular is Trystan?

In 2025, Trystan was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Trystan is used

Ireland #654 3 in 2005
England & Wales #2,645 9 in 2025
Canada #3,093 6 in 2023
United States #6,411 14 in 2025
France #6,603 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Trystan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Trystan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Trystan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Trystan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Trystan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Trystan

How popular is the name Trystan?

In 2025, Trystan was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Trystan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Trystan most popular?

Trystan peaked in 2010, when 249 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Trystan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Trystan currently ranks #2,645 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.