male NAME · CURRENTLY #309

Tristan

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“Meaning uncertain; later associated with Latin tristis, “sorrowful.””

A medieval literary name associated with the Tristan and Isolde romances.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Tristan has traveled through time

71950 91955 101960 341965 841970 1511975 2501980 1,2391985 8931990 3,3721995 3,7372000 3,7772005 4,9982010 4,0072015 2,1642020 1,1252025
LATEST YEAR20251,125 births
PEAK RANK#68in 1996
CURRENT USAGE2% F98% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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