Tyrone

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #1,388 for boys in 2025, 132 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1970 · 2,530 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
79,437
since 1914

Tyrone over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tyrone has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #132, 1970boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,388132
2024#1,332144
2023#1,288149
2022#1,496121
2021#1,349137
2020#1,166165
2019#1,202159
2018#1,117174
2017#995204
2016#1,011201
2015#918233
2014#835270
2013#794284
2012#793285
2011#805272
2010#713327
2009#681356
2008#654372
2007#604416
2006#574434
2005#573407
2004#561406
2003#545413
2002#507451
2001#460525
2000#410607
1999#424556
1998#398614
1997#364679
1996#13,5185#355681
1995#13,3865#340717
1994#9,5868#313834
1993#305900
1992#289975
1991#281942
1990#2601,029
1989#10,8476#2461,066
1988#6,66611#2251,111
1987#3,98321#2151,149
1986#5,75712#2101,158
1985#3,73022#1981,222
1984#5,53912#2161,059
1983#7,3128#2071,146
1982#4,71615#1951,280
1981#5,57112#2061,211
1980#3,99219#2051,195
1979#3,66821#1761,362
1978#3,63720#1681,435
1977#3,17624#1551,572
1976#4,61413#1451,731
1975#2,88125#1461,682
1974#2,75726#1391,816
1973#2,62927#1391,831
1972#2,90323#1441,840
1971#2,66527#1412,115
1970#2,39531#1322,530
1969#2,51527#1372,218
1968#3,31516#1801,451
1967#2,96318#1711,562
1966#3,74012#1681,615
1965#2,83319#1721,569
1964#2,30628#1771,552
1963#2,70421#1841,609
1962#3,43814#1851,619
1961#3,60813#1891,631
1960#2,57322#1911,599
1959#2,59620#1711,821
1958#2,97216#1861,530
1957#3,30913#1951,408
1956#3,18614#1971,407
1955#3,77810#2011,276
1954#2,88915#2051,223
1953#3,68710#2041,139
1952#3,37211#217930
1951#5,4145#218891
1950#4,7386#225815
1949#229790
1948#4,6516#237724
1947#270629
1946#298472
1945#310367
1944#337312
1943#332336
1942#332336
1941#311346
1940#298351
1939#270406
1938#393208
1937#70672
1936#2,6298
1935#1,75716
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1932#3,3616
1931#3,3906
1930#2,7819
1929#2,9808
1928#3,0768
1927#2,29813
1926#3,3857
1925
1924#2,82210
1923#2,77210
1922#3,2528
1921#2,9869
1920#4,2865
1919
1918#3,7286
1917#3,2177
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1914#3,2645
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Tyrone! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tyrone is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNHWashington: #166 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,143 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #286 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,778 boysMNIllinois: #118 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 739 boysILWisconsin: #196 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,050 boysWIMichigan: #135 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 972 boysMINew York: #105 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 653 boysNYMassachusetts: #180 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,797 boysMARhode Island: #129 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,014 boysRIOregon: #312 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,994 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedIAIndiana: #178 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,464 boysINOhio: #163 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 1,298 boysOHPennsylvania: #132 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 917 boysPANew Jersey: #93 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 603 boysNJConnecticut: #154 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,184 boysCTCalifornia: #228 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 1,534 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedUTColorado: #229 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,654 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedNEMissouri: #124 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 803 boysMOKentucky: #190 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,436 boysKYWest Virginia: #243 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,561 boysWVVirginia: #112 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 653 boysVAMaryland: #89 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 496 boysMDDelaware: #85 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 422 boysDEArizona: #233 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,385 boysAZNew Mexico: #156 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 757 boysNMKansas: #176 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,279 boysKSArkansas: #128 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 676 boysARTennessee: #124 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 694 boysTNNorth Carolina: #88 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 462 boysNCSouth Carolina: #45 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 215 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #41 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 176 boysDCOklahoma: #190 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,328 boysOKLouisiana: #74 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 359 boysLAMississippi: #48 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 220 boysMSAlabama: #80 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 383 boysALGeorgia: #85 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 419 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tyrone, so not publishedHITexas: #209 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 1,078 boysTXFlorida: #117 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 633 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#41 · 1 in 176
  2. South Carolina#45 · 1 in 215
  3. Mississippi#48 · 1 in 220
  4. Louisiana#74 · 1 in 359
  5. Alabama#80 · 1 in 383

Best ever in a state: #33 in South Carolina, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#41451 in 176
South Carolina#45971 in 215
Mississippi#48851 in 220
Louisiana#74821 in 359
Alabama#80691 in 383
Delaware#8581 in 422
Georgia#85911 in 419
North Carolina#88841 in 462
Maryland#89421 in 496
New Jersey#93711 in 603
New York#1051751 in 653
Virginia#112481 in 653
Florida#117801 in 633
Illinois#1181061 in 739
Missouri#124421 in 803
Tennessee#124451 in 694
Arkansas#128231 in 676
Rhode Island#12951 in 1,014
Pennsylvania#132801 in 917
Michigan#135661 in 972
Connecticut#154141 in 1,184
New Mexico#156121 in 757
Ohio#163601 in 1,298
Washington#166201 in 1,143
Kansas#176111 in 1,279
Indiana#178271 in 1,464
Massachusetts#180191 in 1,797
Kentucky#190181 in 1,436
Oklahoma#190141 in 1,328
Wisconsin#196151 in 2,050
Texas#209981 in 1,078
California#228981 in 1,534
Colorado#229111 in 1,654
Arizona#233131 in 1,385
West Virginia#24351 in 2,561
Minnesota#28671 in 3,778
Oregon#31251 in 2,994
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tyrone
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 56 spots since 2024 (#1,332#1,388)
  • 222 spots since 2020 (#1,166#1,388)
  • 470 spots since 2015 (#918#1,388)
  • Biggest jump: 1,923 spots in 1937 (#2,629#706)
  • Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2018 (#995#1,117)
Rise & fade · boys
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1970 at #132 (2,530 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 80 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1937–2015
Share of babies · boys
1 in 734
  • Highest: 1 in 734 boys born in 1970 were named Tyrone (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,940 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Tyrone (17,914) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s18#3,217 (1917)#3,403
1920s78#2,298 (1927)#3,095
1930s731#270 (1939)#1,911
1940s4,663#229 (1949)#295
1950s12,440#171 (1959)#202
1960s16,425#137 (1969)#175
1970s17,914#132 (1970)#149
1980s11,597#195 (1982)#212
1990s7,927#260 (1990)#333
2000s4,387#410 (2000)#557
2010s2,409#713 (2010)#918
2020s848#1,166 (2020)#1,337

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tyrone in 1974

girls
#2,757
26 births · 1 in 56,444 girls
boys
#139
1,816 births · 1 in 866 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,757Tyrone26

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #139Tyrone1,816
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 56,444 of them was named Tyrone, which outranked 73.1% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyrone
  1. #2,683Tyler27
  2. #2,683Willa27
  3. #2,683Yasmeen27
  4. #2,757Tyrone26
  5. #2,757Amira26
  6. #2,757Antonina26
  7. #2,757Araseli26
  8. #2,835Alysa25
  9. #2,835Angelo25
  10. #2,835Anjali25

Tied with 77 names at #2,757; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 866 of them was named Tyrone, which outranked 97.7% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyrone
  1. #136Bruce1,854
  2. #137Darrell1,840
  3. #138Adrian1,817
  4. #139Tyrone1,816
  5. #140Ricardo1,812
  6. #141Ronnie1,789
  7. #142Manuel1,766
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974