Tynette — girls' name
28 babies named Tynette in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Tynette was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Tynette in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tynette
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Tynette between 1968 and 1979, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tynette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tynette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tynette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tynette 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 28 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.
Tynette at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tynette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1968
- Peak year (1968)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
28 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 9 births in a single year.
Tynette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 17 births that decade — 61% of Tynette's all-time total
Tynette decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tynette's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 1968–1979 (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.