Given name

Trysten

Trysten is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Trysten isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Trysten through the years

Babies since 1880
1,695
1,410 boys · 285 girls
Most popular year
2006
95 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−66%
Cooling
Boys Girls
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Trysten in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.

Boys Girls
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Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 79 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,437 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Trysten, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Thristen

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Brinden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Hyden

Hyden is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Trestin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Maden

“one who is organized; a planner”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Tryg

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Welsh · Modern

Ieuan

“God is gracious”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Trysten’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Trysten

A sister for Trysten