Tyke — #9133 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tyke

The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Tyke between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tyke currently holds the #9133 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyke performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tyke shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tyke in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tyke 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 212 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.