How rare is the name Ty?

47,425 people in the United States have the first name Ty, about 1 in 6,369. It ranks #942 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TY

#942

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
47,425
About
1 in 6,369
This common or more
69.2%
Who bears it

Of the 47,425 people named Ty, 73.5% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Black and 6.4% as two or more races. 96.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ty peaked in 2005, when 2,475 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
2,475
In 2025*
311 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 48,344 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ty by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #404. The largest share of babies named Ty, 50.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,48727
1920s#11,27613
1930s#8,37524
1940s#4,275135
1950s#2,026699
1960s#9083,633
1970s#8873,902
1980s#9803,752
1990s#5969,450
2000s#40417,321
2010s#8467,286
2020s#1,5132,102
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–645.2%
Generation X 1965–8012.9%
Millennials 1981–9618.6%
Generation Z 1997–1250.3%
2013 and later12.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ty is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ty has been most common in Utah (3.9×), Wyoming (3.2×), and Montana (3×), and least common in Maine (0.18×).

44,769 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ty

#940 Arnold · 47,513#941 Tessa · 47,455#943 Jimmie · 47,100#944 Camden · 47,078

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ty, most common first.

#3,774 Tye · 5,259#15,945 Tya · 714

Also a last name

As a last name, Ty ranks #22,420 of 156,621, with 1,177 people. See Ty as a last name

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