How rare is the name Tyron?

5,680 people in the United States have the first name Tyron, about 1 in 53,175. It ranks #3,601 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TYRON

#3,601

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,680
About
1 in 53,175
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,680 people named Tyron, 76.4% reported their origin as Black, 10.2% as White and 5.2% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tyron peaked in 1990, when 202 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19382025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
202
In 2025*
33 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,686 babies have been given the name since 1938. 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.

Tyron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,621. The largest share of babies named Tyron, 30.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1930s#9,74313
1940s#5,61482
1950s#4,072189
1960s#2,087749
1970s#1,6211,378
1980s#1,8801,296
1990s#1,9041,688
2000s#2,7191,334
2010s#4,461702
2020s#6,286255
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–646.5%
Generation X 1965–8025.7%
Millennials 1981–9630.7%
Generation Z 1997–1227.6%
2013 and later8.6%

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 Tyron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tyron has been most common in Louisiana (4.9×), Maryland (2.6×), and South Carolina (2.5×), and least common in Indiana (0.56×).

4,544 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Tyron ranks #133,930 of 156,621, with 131 people. See Tyron as a last name

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