Tyron

Where Tyron comes from

The dictionaries list Tyron as a given name — a male given name transferred from the place name, of rare American usage, variant of Tyrone — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1938
    First appearance
    #3,175 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Peak, #634
    168 babies named Tyron — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1982
    Tyron Woodley born
    American mixed martial artist
  4. 1990
    Tyron Smith born
    American football player
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,931.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the place name, of rare American usage, variant of Tyrone.
Namesakes
  • Tyron Woodley · American mixed martial artist, born 1982
  • Tyron Smith · American football player, born 1990
  • Tyron Leitso · Canadian actor, born 1976
  • Tyron Zeuge · boxer, born 1992
  • Tyron Akins · Nigerian hurdler of American descent, born 1986

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.