Tyreek

Where Tyreek comes from

The dictionaries list Tyreek as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #4,634 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Tyreek Hill born
    American football player
  3. 1998
    Peak, #821
    182 babies named Tyreek — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1999
    Tyreek Magee born
    Jamaican football player
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,390.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Tyreek Hill · American football player, born 1994
  • Tyreek Magee · Jamaican football player, born 1999
  • Tyreek Duren · American basketball player, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.