Boys' name · since 1985
Tylen
1,842 babies named Tylen in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,628 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,842
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tylen currently ranks #1628 among boys' names in America, with 1,842 babies recorded since 1985.
Social Security Administration records show Tylen recorded 1,842 times among boys since 1985, holding rank #1628 nationally today, ahead of 88% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #3,480 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,628 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,842 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tylen ranks #3,480 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,628 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,842 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,628 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,842
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tylen's 1,842 recorded births place it above 92.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Louisiana.
How Tylen compares
1,842 Top 23% higher than 77% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tylen's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tylen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,842 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 104 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tylen's full recorded timeline at 2007, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 104 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tylen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Tylen popularity over time - girls
20 total births recorded since 1995 (Tylen as girls' name)
Tylen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (711 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Tylen's strongest decade.
711 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Tylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 139
1990s
139 births
- 2000s
2000s
465 births
- 2010s
2010s
711 births
- 2020s
2020s
516 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 711 births (39% of all-time use).
How Tylen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Tylen's total volume
Tylen by state
Where Tylen concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 110 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 99 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 62 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 60 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 56 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Texas | | 55 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 53 | 2.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 39 | 2.1% |
110 of 1,842 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Tylen appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tylen's data
- Tylen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (711 total births) through the 2020s (516) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Louisiana records the most Tylens (110 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tylen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.