Recorded 1997–2014 Boys' name Peak 2009 167 births

Trystian — boys' name

167 babies named Trystian in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s212000s1002010s46
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Trystian was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

17 babies were named Trystian in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Trystian

The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Trystian between 1997 and 2014, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Trystian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Trystian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Trystian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Trystian 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 167 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.

Trystian at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

167

Since 1997

18 years of records

Peak year

2009

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1997

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2014

Trystian popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1997

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2009)
17
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
05101520 2014201120082005200219991997 6

Trystian by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
100 births that decade — 60% of Trystian's all-time total
1990s212000s1002010s46

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Trystian?
167 babies have been named Trystian since 1997. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2009 with 17 births.
When was Trystian most popular?
Trystian was most popular in the 2000s decade with 100 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Trystian been used?
Trystian has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 18 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Trystian?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Trystan, Trysten, Tryston, Trystin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.