Tycho — #5711 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tycho

The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Tycho between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tycho currently holds the #5711 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tycho performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tycho shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tycho in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tycho in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 360 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.