Tyne — girls' name
435 babies named Tyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Tyne was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Tyne in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 435 babies named Tyne between 1906 and 2018, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyne performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Tyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tyne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tyne 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 435 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.
Tyne at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tyne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1906
- Peak year (1985)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
435 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 29 births in a single year.
Tyne popularity over time — boys
18 total births recorded since 1977 (Tyne as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tyne accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 157 births that decade — 36% of Tyne's all-time total
Tyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tyne's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Tyne by state
Where Tyne concentrates geographically — total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 12 | 2.8% |
12 of 435 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1906–2018 (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.