Tyrone
Tyrone was given to 132 boys in 2025, #1,392 among boys’ names; 80,146 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 66,700 Americans named Tyrone and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 38 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tyrone by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tyrone mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tyrone is “a male given name transferred from the place name.” Its etymology gives the sense “land of Eoghan” (literally).
From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).
/taɪˈɹoʊn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tyrone?
#1,392 among boys’ names, 2025
Tyrone fell from #921 in 2015 to #1,392 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.12 to 0.08 per 1,000.
2,561 babies in 1970, the peak
Tyrone peaked in 1970, when 2,561 babies were given it (2,530 boys, #132 among boys’ names). The 132 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #1,392 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,338 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,292 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,503 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,358 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,171 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 159 | #1,208 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 174 | #1,118 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 204 | #995 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 201 | #1,012 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 233 | #921 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 270 | #839 | 0.14 |
| 2013 | 284 | #794 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 285 | #794 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 272 | #808 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 327 | #713 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 356 | #682 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 372 | #654 | 0.18 |
| 2007 | 416 | #606 | 0.20 |
| 2006 | 434 | #574 | 0.21 |
| 2005 | 407 | #574 | 0.20 |
| 2004 | 406 | #562 | 0.20 |
| 2003 | 413 | #545 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 451 | #507 | 0.23 |
| 2001 | 525 | #460 | 0.27 |
| 2000 | 607 | #410 | 0.31 |
| 1999 | 556 | #424 | 0.29 |
| 1998 | 614 | #398 | 0.32 |
| 1997 | 679 | #365 | 0.36 |
| 1996 | 681 | #356 | 0.36 |
| 1995 | 717 | #341 | 0.38 |
| 1994 | 834 | #313 | 0.43 |
| 1993 | 900 | #305 | 0.46 |
| 1992 | 975 | #289 | 0.49 |
| 1991 | 942 | #281 | 0.47 |
| 1990 | 1,029 | #260 | 0.50 |
| 1989 | 1,066 | #246 | 0.53 |
| 1988 | 1,111 | #225 | 0.58 |
| 1987 | 1,149 | #215 | 0.62 |
| 1986 | 1,158 | #210 | 0.63 |
| 1985 | 1,222 | #198 | 0.66 |
| 1984 | 1,059 | #216 | 0.59 |
| 1983 | 1,146 | #207 | 0.64 |
| 1982 | 1,280 | #195 | 0.71 |
| 1981 | 1,211 | #206 | 0.68 |
| 1980 | 1,195 | #205 | 0.67 |
| 1979 | 1,362 | #176 | 0.79 |
| 1978 | 1,435 | #168 | 0.87 |
| 1977 | 1,572 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1976 | 1,731 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 1,682 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1974 | 1,816 | #139 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 1,831 | #139 | 1.2 |
| 1972 | 1,840 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1971 | 2,115 | #142 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 2,530 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 1969 | 2,218 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 1,451 | #180 | 0.83 |
| 1967 | 1,562 | #171 | 0.90 |
| 1966 | 1,615 | #168 | 0.91 |
| 1965 | 1,569 | #172 | 0.84 |
| 1964 | 1,552 | #177 | 0.78 |
| 1963 | 1,609 | #184 | 0.79 |
| 1962 | 1,619 | #185 | 0.78 |
| 1961 | 1,631 | #189 | 0.77 |
| 1960 | 1,599 | #191 | 0.75 |
| 1959 | 1,821 | #171 | 0.85 |
| 1958 | 1,530 | #186 | 0.72 |
| 1957 | 1,408 | #195 | 0.65 |
| 1956 | 1,407 | #197 | 0.67 |
| 1955 | 1,276 | #201 | 0.62 |
| 1954 | 1,223 | #206 | 0.60 |
| 1953 | 1,139 | #205 | 0.58 |
| 1952 | 930 | #217 | 0.48 |
| 1951 | 891 | #218 | 0.47 |
| 1950 | 815 | #225 | 0.46 |
| 1949 | 790 | #230 | 0.45 |
| 1948 | 724 | #237 | 0.41 |
| 1947 | 629 | #270 | 0.34 |
| 1946 | 472 | #298 | 0.29 |
| 1945 | 367 | #313 | 0.27 |
| 1944 | 312 | #338 | 0.23 |
| 1943 | 336 | #332 | 0.24 |
| 1942 | 336 | #333 | 0.24 |
| 1941 | 346 | #311 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 351 | #298 | 0.30 |
| 1939 | 406 | #271 | 0.37 |
| 1938 | 208 | #395 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 72 | #712 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,837 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,830 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,748 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,726 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,999 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,229 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,333 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,398 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,677 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,009 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,923 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,509 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,191 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,928 | under 0.01 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,132 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,522 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,718 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tyrone a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tyrone has been given almost only to boys: 709 girls in 106 years of records.
Girls and boys named Tyrone: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tyrone, and how old are they?
66,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 80,146 Americans ever recorded as Tyrone. The median Tyrone alive today is 51 years old; half are between 38 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 50,642 people named Tyrone (140 women and girls, 50,502 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 69,471 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 901 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 16,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 24,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 15,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,990 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,360 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tyrone born?
The states with the most babies named Tyrone are New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7,911 | #1,740 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 5,469 | #926 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 5,091 | #1,087 | 1.2× |
| California | 4,732 | #1,500 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 3,902 | #1,050 | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 3,896 | #765 | 2.4× |
| Ohio | 3,316 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 3,256 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Maryland | 3,221 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| New Jersey | 3,069 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Tyrone is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tyrone is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1914 it was given 4.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tyrone with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 81,557 babies since 1880, Tyrone is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 132 of their 132 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tyrone
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tyrone and names like it
- Compare Tyrone and TyronneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTyrone peaked in 1970.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tyrone since 1910.
- From place namesWiktionary’s origin for Tyrone: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Tyrone.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tyrone alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.