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
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 2,530 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 79,437since 1914
Tyrone over time
Rank among boys' names. Tyrone has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,388 | 132 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,332 | 144 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,288 | 149 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,496 | 121 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,349 | 137 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,166 | 165 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,202 | 159 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,117 | 174 | |
| 2017 | — | #995 | 204 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,011 | 201 | |
| 2015 | — | #918 | 233 | |
| 2014 | — | #835 | 270 | |
| 2013 | — | #794 | 284 | |
| 2012 | — | #793 | 285 | |
| 2011 | — | #805 | 272 | |
| 2010 | — | #713 | 327 | |
| 2009 | — | #681 | 356 | |
| 2008 | — | #654 | 372 | |
| 2007 | — | #604 | 416 | |
| 2006 | — | #574 | 434 | |
| 2005 | — | #573 | 407 | |
| 2004 | — | #561 | 406 | |
| 2003 | — | #545 | 413 | |
| 2002 | — | #507 | 451 | |
| 2001 | — | #460 | 525 | |
| 2000 | — | #410 | 607 | |
| 1999 | — | #424 | 556 | |
| 1998 | — | #398 | 614 | |
| 1997 | — | #364 | 679 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #355 | 681 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #340 | 717 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #313 | 834 |
| 1993 | — | #305 | 900 | |
| 1992 | — | #289 | 975 | |
| 1991 | — | #281 | 942 | |
| 1990 | — | #260 | 1,029 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #246 | 1,066 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #225 | 1,111 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #215 | 1,149 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #210 | 1,158 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #198 | 1,222 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #216 | 1,059 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #207 | 1,146 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #195 | 1,280 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #206 | 1,211 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #205 | 1,195 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #176 | 1,362 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #168 | 1,435 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #155 | 1,572 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #145 | 1,731 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #146 | 1,682 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #139 | 1,816 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #139 | 1,831 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | #144 | 1,840 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 | #141 | 2,115 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | #132 | 2,530 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #137 | 2,218 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #180 | 1,451 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #171 | 1,562 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #168 | 1,615 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #172 | 1,569 |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 | #177 | 1,552 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #184 | 1,609 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #185 | 1,619 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #189 | 1,631 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 | #191 | 1,599 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #171 | 1,821 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #186 | 1,530 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #195 | 1,408 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #197 | 1,407 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #201 | 1,276 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #205 | 1,223 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #204 | 1,139 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #217 | 930 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #218 | 891 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #225 | 815 |
| 1949 | — | #229 | 790 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #237 | 724 |
| 1947 | — | #270 | 629 | |
| 1946 | — | #298 | 472 | |
| 1945 | — | #310 | 367 | |
| 1944 | — | #337 | 312 | |
| 1943 | — | #332 | 336 | |
| 1942 | — | #332 | 336 | |
| 1941 | — | #311 | 346 | |
| 1940 | — | #298 | 351 | |
| 1939 | — | #270 | 406 | |
| 1938 | — | #393 | 208 | |
| 1937 | — | #706 | 72 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
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| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#696 · 1 in 4,051
- Louisiana#803 · 1 in 4,347
- Minnesota#803 · 1 in 5,028
- Virginia#838 · 1 in 5,587
- Tennessee#1,017 · 1 in 7,167
Best ever in a state: #33 in South Carolina, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #696 | 5 | 1 in 4,051 |
| Louisiana | #803 | 5 | 1 in 4,347 |
| Minnesota | #803 | 5 | 1 in 5,028 |
| Virginia | #838 | 7 | 1 in 5,587 |
| Tennessee | #1,017 | 5 | 1 in 7,167 |
| Florida | #1,020 | 12 | 1 in 7,730 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,100 | 6 | 1 in 9,243 |
| New York | #1,131 | 10 | 1 in 8,913 |
| Georgia | #1,158 | 6 | 1 in 8,395 |
| Ohio | #1,233 | 5 | 1 in 10,843 |
| North Carolina | #1,265 | 5 | 1 in 10,207 |
| Illinois | #1,296 | 5 | 1 in 10,781 |
| Texas | #1,368 | 13 | 1 in 13,163 |
| California | #1,704 | 9 | 1 in 21,042 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1970 at #132 (2,530 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1937–2015
- Highest: 1 in 734 boys born in 1970 were named Tyrone (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,940 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Tyrone (17,914) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,403 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,298 (1927) | #3,095 |
| 1930s | 731 | #270 (1939) | #1,911 |
| 1940s | 4,663 | #229 (1949) | #295 |
| 1950s | 12,440 | #171 (1959) | #202 |
| 1960s | 16,425 | #137 (1969) | #175 |
| 1970s | 17,914 | #132 (1970) | #149 |
| 1980s | 11,597 | #195 (1982) | #212 |
| 1990s | 7,927 | #260 (1990) | #333 |
| 2000s | 4,387 | #410 (2000) | #557 |
| 2010s | 2,409 | #713 (2010) | #918 |
| 2020s | 848 | #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 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 12,770 of them was named Tyrone, which outranked 90.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,339Rodolfo138
- #1,339Shea138
- #1,339Zayvion138
- #1,349Tyrone137
- #1,349Alton137
- #1,349Amarion137
- #1,349Deshawn137
- #1,360Gio136
- #1,360Haven136
- #1,360Karsen136
Tied with 10 names at #1,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.