Tyshay — girls' name
207 babies named Tyshay in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Tyshay was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Tyshay in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tyshay
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Tyshay between 1988 and 2011, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tyshay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyshay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tyshay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tyshay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tyshay 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 207 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.
Tyshay at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tyshay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1988
- Peak year (1997)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
207 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 14 births in a single year.
Tyshay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 106 births that decade — 51% of Tyshay's all-time total
Tyshay decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tyshay's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Tyshay by state
Where Tyshay concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 10 | 4.8% |
10 of 207 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 4.8% 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, 1988–2011 (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.