Boys' name · since 1958
Tristram
Tristram has 114 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,576 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
114 boys have been named Tristram since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tristram has 114 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2009.
- #16,576 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 114 born since 1958
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tristram ranks #16,576 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1958, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,576 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tristram's 114 recorded births place it above 63.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tristram's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tristram's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tristram popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2009
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Tristram by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (37 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Tristram's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Tristram births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
26 births
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 37 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Tristram's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2000s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tristram: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tristram draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.