Ty

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #810 for boys in 2025, 306 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2005 · 2,451 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
47,607
since 1915

Ty over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ty has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #169, 2005boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#810306
2024—#857283
2023—#772332
2022—#715369
2021—#682390
2020#13,4536#650411
2019#15,5395#608449
2018#10,5459#582472
2017—#586463
2016#9,41111#541538
2015#10,8669#483618
2014#14,5586#425721
2013#13,1507#388768
2012#11,2579#346890
2011#11,1819#319994
2010#10,45110#2651,298
2009#9,37912#2221,642
2008#6,55920#2471,437
2007#10,12911#2371,538
2006#6,84018#2101,798
2005#5,26624#1692,451
2004#4,49230#1812,199
2003#4,66827#1931,936
2002#5,25422#2141,609
2001#8,19612#2691,218
2000#5,15122#2591,295
1999#4,87022#2561,223
1998#4,49224#2621,138
1997#5,62617#2281,358
1996#6,39214#2421,220
1995#6,25714#279985
1994#5,98415#318813
1993#5,67316#330767
1992#6,65213#345693
1991#7,43011#385587
1990#7,88010#434510
1989#8,0379#508353
1988#7,11110#497336
1987#6,33511#504315
1986#7,7498#447377
1985#4,86015#452361
1984#5,53912#422386
1983#5,14813#452337
1982#5,20913#433373
1981#4,96314#411402
1980#5,24513#412394
1979#5,75111#419361
1978#7,6497#412357
1977—#400382
1976#7,2967#426335
1975#4,14115#438323
1974#6,2588#417351
1973—#406367
1972#5,9598#383423
1971#6,0068#364494
1970#5,8188#385437
1969#6,6176#381424
1968#6,2466#362456
1967#3,65613#399366
1966#4,19810#421327
1965—#448301
1964#3,87912#418372
1963#4,8968#415373
1962#4,01111#423357
1961#4,5469#450323
1960#6,3905#495254
1959#5,0317#568188
1958#4,8907#82882
1957—#94464
1956#4,4678#83380
1955—#87471
1954#5,7535#1,11245
1953—#1,10244
1952—#1,18239
1951—#1,24235
1950—#1,49924
1949—#1,61621
1948—#1,81717
1947—#1,85017
1946—#2,03013
1945—#1,53619
1944—#1,81015
1943—#2,40510
1942—#3,5605
1941—#2,08312
1940—#3,1306
1939—#3,4805
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1936—#3,1476
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1918—#4,1795
1917—#3,9815
1916—#3,5166
1915—#3,8255
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Ty! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ty is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedNHWashington: #254 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,221 boysWAIdaho: #189 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,048 boysIDMontana: #216 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,387 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #314 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,529 boysMNIllinois: #453 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 7,701 boysILWisconsin: #306 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,495 boysWIMichigan: #393 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,820 boysMINew York: #633 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 15,867 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedRIOregon: #294 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,251 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedSDIowa: #244 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,551 boysIAIndiana: #244 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,443 boysINOhio: #278 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 3,442 boysOHPennsylvania: #408 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 8,390 boysPANew Jersey: #380 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,868 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #361 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 3,756 boysCAUtah: #259 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,890 boysUTColorado: #258 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,093 boysCONebraska: #232 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,191 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #294 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,401 boysWVVirginia: #481 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,626 boysVAMaryland: #385 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,549 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedDEArizona: #372 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,321 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedNMKansas: #306 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,940 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedARTennessee: #417 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,354 boysTNNorth Carolina: #459 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,204 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #577 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,924 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedMSAlabama: #378 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,380 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ty, so not publishedHITexas: #443 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 4,271 boysTXFlorida: #438 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,347 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#189 · 1 in 1,048
  2. Montana#216 · 1 in 1,387
  3. Nebraska#232 · 1 in 2,191
  4. Indiana#244 · 1 in 2,443
  5. Iowa#244 · 1 in 2,551

Best ever in a state: #61 in North Dakota, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#18961 in 1,048
Montana#21651 in 1,387
Nebraska#23271 in 2,191
Indiana#244211 in 2,443
Iowa#244111 in 2,551
Washington#254131 in 2,221
Colorado#258101 in 2,093
Utah#25961 in 1,890
Ohio#278301 in 3,442
Oregon#29451 in 3,251
West Virginia#29451 in 3,401
Kansas#30671 in 2,940
Wisconsin#30681 in 5,495
Minnesota#31471 in 5,529
California#361501 in 3,756
Arizona#37251 in 3,321
Alabama#37881 in 4,380
New Jersey#38091 in 6,868
Maryland#38551 in 6,549
Michigan#393111 in 7,820
Pennsylvania#408131 in 8,390
Tennessee#41761 in 6,354
Florida#438101 in 5,347
Texas#443271 in 4,271
Illinois#453141 in 7,701
North Carolina#45971 in 7,204
Virginia#48151 in 8,626
Louisiana#57751 in 7,924
New York#633111 in 15,867
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ty
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 47 spots since 2024 (#857 → #810)
  • 160 spots since 2020 (#650 → #810)
  • 327 spots since 2015 (#483 → #810)
  • Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1959 (#828 → #568)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 1957 (#833 → #944)
Rise & fade · boys
90 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2005 at #169 (2,451 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1955–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 815
  • Highest: 1 in 815 boys born in 2005 were named Ty (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,582 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 36.0% of all boys named Ty (17,123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s27#3,516 (1916)#3,847
1920s13#3,175 (1923)#3,731
1930s24#2,680 (1937)#3,327
1940s135#1,536 (1945)#2,184
1950s672#568 (1959)#1,018
1960s3,553#362 (1968)#421
1970s3,830#364 (1971)#405
1980s3,634#411 (1981)#454
1990s9,294#228 (1997)#308
2000s17,123#169 (2005)#220
2010s7,211#265 (2010)#454
2020s2,091#650 (2020)#748

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ty in 1963

girls
#4,896
8 births · 1 in 240,938 girls
boys
#415
373 births · 1 in 5,445 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #4,896Ty8

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #415Ty373
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 240,938 of them was named Ty, which outranked 36.1% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ty
  1. #4,539Wylene9
  2. #4,539Zada9
  3. #4,539Zonya9
  4. #4,896Ty8
  5. #4,896Adalia8
  6. #4,896Adrena8
  7. #4,896Alean8
  8. #5,296Adam7
  9. #5,296Adine7
  10. #5,296Adra7

Tied with 399 names at #4,896; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 5,445 of them was named Ty, which outranked 91.0% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ty
  1. #412Lionel382
  2. #413Ernie378
  3. #414Tommie376
  4. #415Ty373
  5. #416Cameron372
  6. #416Joshua372
  7. #418Scotty371
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963 →