How rare is the name Tye?

5,259 people in the United States have the first name Tye, about 1 in 57,431. It ranks #3,774 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TYE

#3,774

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,259
About
1 in 57,431
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,259 people named Tye, 68.3% reported their origin as White, 15.6% as Black and 6.8% as two or more races. 90.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tye peaked in 2005, when 179 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19302025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
179
In 2025*
36 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,580 babies have been given the name since 1930. 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.

Tye by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,425. The largest share of babies named Tye, 39%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#11,2936
1940s#9,04222
1950s#5,266121
1960s#3,102364
1970s#2,520648
1980s#2,425838
1990s#2,708976
2000s#2,5051,502
2010s#4,070810
2020s#5,727293
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–645.1%
Generation X 1965–8016.9%
Millennials 1981–9624.9%
Generation Z 1997–1239%
2013 and later13.9%

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 Tye is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tye has been most common in Texas (3.8×), Washington (3.4×), and Oregon (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.42×).

2,032 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 Tye

#3,771 Evelina · 5,264#3,773 Alayah · 5,262#3,775 Abe · 5,258#3,775 Nya · 5,258

Spelled almost the same

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

#942 Ty · 47,425#15,945 Tya · 714#27,579 Tyee · 331

Also a last name

As a last name, Tye ranks #8,636 of 156,621, with 3,647 people. See Tye as a last name

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