Tyrone Boy
How popular is Tyrone?
#1,388 boy name in 2025
132 baby boys were named Tyrone in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular boy name.
Tyrone popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,388 for boys (▼ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 132 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #918 in 2015, #1,166 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (2,530 boys) |
| Highest rank | #132 in 1970 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tyrone counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tyrone family of names ranked #932 for boys in 2025 (#840 the year before), with 225 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | 132 | 59% |
| Tyron | 33 | 15% |
| Tyren | 19 | 8% |
| Tyrin | 20 | 9% |
| Tyran | 10 | 4% |
| Tirone | 11 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tyrone is most popular
Babies named Tyrone per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (62 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
Tyrone by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #3,216 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,298 |
| 1930s | 731 | #270 |
| 1940s | 4,663 | #229 |
| 1950s | 12,440 | #171 |
| 1960s | 16,425 | #137 |
| 1970s | 17,914 | #132 |
| 1980s | 11,597 | #195 |
| 1990s | 7,927 | #260 |
| 2000s | 4,387 | #410 |
| 2010s | 2,409 | #713 |
| 2020s | 848 | #1,166 |
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Questions
- Is Tyrone a boy or girl name?
- Tyrone is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tyrone were boys.
- How popular is the name Tyrone?
- 132 baby boys were named Tyrone in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular boy name.
- When was Tyrone most popular?
- Tyrone peaked in 1970, when 2,530 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #132 in 1970.
- How many people are named Tyrone?
- 80,146 babies have been named Tyrone in the US since 1880. We estimate about 67,888 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 52.
- Where is Tyrone most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tyrone was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.