Recorded 1994–2009 Girls' name Peak 1994 22 births

Tyranny — girls' name

22 babies named Tyranny in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s62000s16
2000s
Peak decade

73% of everyone ever named Tyranny was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

6 babies were named Tyranny in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tyranny

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Tyranny between 1994 and 2009, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tyranny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyranny performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tyranny shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tyranny 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 22 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.

Tyranny at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

22

Since 1994

16 years of records

Peak year

1994

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1994

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2009

Tyranny popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1994

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1994)
6
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.5 2009200820071994 6

Tyranny by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
16 births that decade — 73% of Tyranny's all-time total
1990s62000s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tyranny?
22 babies have been named Tyranny since 1994. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1994 with 6 births.
When was Tyranny most popular?
Tyranny was most popular in the 2000s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Tyranny been used?
Tyranny has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 16 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Tyranny?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tyra, Tyree, Tyrone, Tyrah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1994–2009 (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.