Tyrone

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #1,388 for boys in 2025, 132 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1970 · 2,530 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
79,437
since 1914

Tyrone over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #132, 1970boys
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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—#1,388132
2024—#1,332144
2023—#1,288149
2022—#1,496121
2021—#1,349137
2020—#1,166165
2019—#1,202159
2018—#1,117174
2017—#995204
2016—#1,011201
2015—#918233
2014—#835270
2013—#794284
2012—#793285
2011—#805272
2010—#713327
2009—#681356
2008—#654372
2007—#604416
2006—#574434
2005—#573407
2004—#561406
2003—#545413
2002—#507451
2001—#460525
2000—#410607
1999—#424556
1998—#398614
1997—#364679
1996#13,5185#355681
1995#13,3865#340717
1994#9,5868#313834
1993—#305900
1992—#289975
1991—#281942
1990—#2601,029
1989#10,8476#2461,066
1988#6,66611#2251,111
1987#3,98321#2151,149
1986#5,75712#2101,158
1985#3,73022#1981,222
1984#5,53912#2161,059
1983#7,3128#2071,146
1982#4,71615#1951,280
1981#5,57112#2061,211
1980#3,99219#2051,195
1979#3,66821#1761,362
1978#3,63720#1681,435
1977#3,17624#1551,572
1976#4,61413#1451,731
1975#2,88125#1461,682
1974#2,75726#1391,816
1973#2,62927#1391,831
1972#2,90323#1441,840
1971#2,66527#1412,115
1970#2,39531#1322,530
1969#2,51527#1372,218
1968#3,31516#1801,451
1967#2,96318#1711,562
1966#3,74012#1681,615
1965#2,83319#1721,569
1964#2,30628#1771,552
1963#2,70421#1841,609
1962#3,43814#1851,619
1961#3,60813#1891,631
1960#2,57322#1911,599
1959#2,59620#1711,821
1958#2,97216#1861,530
1957#3,30913#1951,408
1956#3,18614#1971,407
1955#3,77810#2011,276
1954#2,88915#2051,223
1953#3,68710#2041,139
1952#3,37211#217930
1951#5,4145#218891
1950#4,7386#225815
1949—#229790
1948#4,6516#237724
1947—#270629
1946—#298472
1945—#310367
1944—#337312
1943—#332336
1942—#332336
1941—#311346
1940—#298351
1939—#270406
1938—#393208
1937—#70672
1936—#2,6298
1935—#1,75716
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1932—#3,3616
1931—#3,3906
1930—#2,7819
1929—#2,9808
1928—#3,0768
1927—#2,29813
1926—#3,3857
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1923—#2,77210
1922—#3,2528
1921—#2,9869
1920—#4,2865
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1918—#3,7286
1917—#3,2177
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Tyrone! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tyrone is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNHWashington: #342 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,124 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #256 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,518 boysMNIllinois: #136 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 823 boysILWisconsin: #238 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,140 boysWIMichigan: #195 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 1,687 boysMINew York: #115 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 762 boysNYMassachusetts: #311 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,830 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedSDIowa: #339 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,613 boysIAIndiana: #213 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,769 boysINOhio: #151 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 1,122 boysOHPennsylvania: #133 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 1,059 boysPANew Jersey: #103 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 702 boysNJConnecticut: #147 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,372 boysCTCalifornia: #251 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 1,916 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedUTColorado: #366 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,185 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNEMissouri: #157 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 991 boysMOKentucky: #286 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,006 boysKYWest Virginia: #294 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,401 boysWVVirginia: #147 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 880 boysVAMaryland: #118 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 655 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedDEArizona: #372 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,321 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNMKansas: #328 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,430 boysKSArkansas: #311 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,778 boysARTennessee: #163 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,089 boysTNNorth Carolina: #194 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,201 boysNCSouth Carolina: #119 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 539 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #44 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 226 boysDCOklahoma: #257 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,878 boysOKLouisiana: #105 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 426 boysLAMississippi: #140 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 662 boysMSAlabama: #176 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,031 boysALGeorgia: #188 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,119 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedHITexas: #328 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 2,306 boysTXFlorida: #162 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 906 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#44 · 1 in 226
  2. New Jersey#103 · 1 in 702
  3. Louisiana#105 · 1 in 426
  4. New York#115 · 1 in 762
  5. Maryland#118 · 1 in 655

Best ever in a state: #33 in South Carolina, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#44651 in 226
New Jersey#103881 in 702
Louisiana#105931 in 426
New York#1152291 in 762
Maryland#118501 in 655
South Carolina#119501 in 539
Pennsylvania#1331031 in 1,059
Illinois#1361311 in 823
Mississippi#140391 in 662
Connecticut#147191 in 1,372
Virginia#147491 in 880
Ohio#151921 in 1,122
Missouri#157451 in 991
Florida#162591 in 906
Tennessee#163351 in 1,089
Alabama#176341 in 1,031
Georgia#188421 in 1,119
North Carolina#194421 in 1,201
Michigan#195511 in 1,687
Indiana#213291 in 1,769
Wisconsin#238141 in 3,140
California#251981 in 1,916
Minnesota#256111 in 3,518
Oklahoma#257121 in 1,878
Kentucky#286111 in 3,006
West Virginia#29451 in 3,401
Arkansas#31171 in 2,778
Massachusetts#31171 in 7,830
Kansas#32861 in 3,430
Texas#328501 in 2,306
Iowa#33951 in 5,613
Washington#34271 in 4,124
Colorado#36651 in 4,185
Arizona#37251 in 3,321
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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 Tyrone
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 56 spots since 2024 (#1,332 → #1,388)
  • 222 spots since 2020 (#1,166 → #1,388)
  • 470 spots since 2015 (#918 → #1,388)
  • Biggest jump: 1,923 spots in 1937 (#2,629 → #706)
  • Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2018 (#995 → #1,117)
Rise & fade · boys
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1970 at #132 (2,530 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 80 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1937–2015
Share of babies · boys
1 in 734
  • Highest: 1 in 734 boys born in 1970 were named Tyrone (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,940 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Tyrone (17,914) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s18#3,217 (1917)#3,403
1920s78#2,298 (1927)#3,095
1930s731#270 (1939)#1,911
1940s4,663#229 (1949)#295
1950s12,440#171 (1959)#202
1960s16,425#137 (1969)#175
1970s17,914#132 (1970)#149
1980s11,597#195 (1982)#212
1990s7,927#260 (1990)#333
2000s4,387#410 (2000)#557
2010s2,409#713 (2010)#918
2020s848#1,166 (2020)#1,337

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.

Tyrone in 1963

girls
#2,704
21 births · 1 in 91,786 girls
boys
#184
1,609 births · 1 in 1,262 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. #2,704Tyrone21

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. #184Tyrone1,609
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 91,786 of them was named Tyrone, which outranked 64.7% 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 Tyrone
  1. #2,619Wanita22
  2. #2,619Wayne22
  3. #2,619Waynette22
  4. #2,704Tyrone21
  5. #2,704Adelita21
  6. #2,704Alexia21
  7. #2,704Allegra21
  8. #2,780Adonna20
  9. #2,780Albertina20
  10. #2,780Almeda20

Tied with 75 names at #2,704; 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 1,262 of them was named Tyrone, which outranked 96.0% 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 Tyrone
  1. #181Dana1,621
  2. #182Manuel1,615
  3. #183Daryl1,610
  4. #184Tyrone1,609
  5. #185Ron1,592
  6. #186Marty1,590
  7. #187Stuart1,589
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 →