Tryton — boys' name
207 babies named Tryton in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Tryton was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Tryton in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tryton
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Tryton between 2001 and 2020, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tryton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tryton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tryton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tryton 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 207 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.
Tryton at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tryton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2001
- Peak year (2013)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
207 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 19 births in a single year.
Tryton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 111 births that decade — 54% of Tryton's all-time total
Tryton decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tryton's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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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, 2001–2020 (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.