Boys' name · peaked in 1970
Tyrone name popularity since 1925
80,086 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tyrone (0.9% girls, 99.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Tyrone is about 54 years old in 2026. Tyrone peaked in 1970 as the #132 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 80,086
- Named Tyrone, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,392 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% boys
- 709 girls · 79,377 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 6.87× its national share
Peak year is the year Tyrone made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tyrone births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Tyrone both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1944 and 1949, Tyrone became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 4,370 baby boys to 1 in 2,250.
- Steepest fall: Between 1976 and 1981, its share of baby boys fell by 39%, from 1 in 906 to 1 in 1,480.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tyrone's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tyrone.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tyrone in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 36 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 731 | #1,830 |
| 1940s | 6 | 4,663 | #313 |
| 1950s | 120 | 12,440 | #201 |
| 1960s | 190 | 16,425 | #172 |
| 1970s | 237 | 17,914 | #146 |
| 1980s | 138 | 11,597 | #198 |
| 1990s | 18 | 7,927 | #341 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4,387 | #574 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,409 | #921 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 848 | #1,392 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
34.8% of babies named Tyrone from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tyrone is most popular
The index compares Tyrone's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tyrone.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 6.87× | 2,439 |
| Louisiana | 2.82× | 3,896 |
| Maryland | 2.74× | 3,221 |
| South Carolina | 2.47× | 2,665 |
| Mississippi | 2.12× | 1,984 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tyrone and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone (this page) | 79,377 | 1970 |
| Tyronne | 1,158 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tyrone's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tyrone.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tyrone (1970).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data