Recorded 1976–2023 Boys' name Peak 2005 318 births

Tyee — boys' name

318 babies named Tyee in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s101990s582000s1732010s552020s22
2000s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Tyee was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

24 babies were named Tyee in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tyee

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Tyee between 1976 and 2023, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tyee currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tyee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tyee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tyee 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 318 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.

Tyee at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

318

Since 1976

48 years of records

Peak year

2005

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1976

Recorded for 48 years

Last year on file: 2023

Tyee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1976

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2005)
24
Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
0510152025 20232013200920052001199719921976 5

Tyee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
173 births that decade — 54% of Tyee's all-time total
1970s101990s582000s1732010s552020s22

Tyee by state

Where Tyee concentrates geographically — total births since 1976

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tyee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.6%
California share of Tyee's total US births 1.6%

5 of 318 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tyee?
318 babies have been named Tyee since 1976. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2005 with 24 births.
When was Tyee most popular?
Tyee was most popular in the 2000s decade with 173 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Tyee most popular?
The top states for the name Tyee are California (5 births).
How long has the name Tyee been used?
Tyee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 48 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Tyee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tye, Tyeler, Tyeson, Tyelor, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.