Boys' name · since 2002
Tritan
Tritan has 37 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,405 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
37 boys have been named Tritan since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Tritan recorded 37 times among boys since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2017.
- #24,405 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tritan ranks #24,405 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,405 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tritan's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tritan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tritan's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tritan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2017
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Tritan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (19 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Tritan's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Tritan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tritan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2002–2017 (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 Tritan 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.