Tristram — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tristram

The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Tristram between 1958 and 2009, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tristram currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tristram performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tristram shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tristram in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 114 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.