Ty

Where Ty comes from

Clipping of Tyrone, Tyler, Tyson, Tyron, and other male given names beginning with "Ty".
— Wiktionary's entry for Ty
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    Ty Cobb born
    American baseball player
  2. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,825 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2001
    Ty Simpkins born
    American actor
  4. 2005
    Peak, #169
    2,451 babies named Ty — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #319.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Tyrone, Tyler, Tyson, Tyron, and other male given names beginning with "Ty".
Namesakes
  • Ty Cobb · American baseball player, 1886–1961
  • Ty Simpkins · American actor, born 2001
  • Ty Lawson · American basketball player, born 1987
  • Ty Olsson · Canadian actor, born 1974
  • Ty Hardin · American actor, 1930–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.