# Ty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “ty” |
| Pronunciation | /taɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 48,344 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 47,607 / 737 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,223, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Tyrone, Tyler, Tyson, Tyron, and other male given names beginning with "Ty".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | 7,126 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,775 |
| 2008 | 20 | 6,785 |
| 2009 | 12 | 9,942 |
| 2010 | 10 | 11,191 |
| 2011 | 9 | 12,080 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,141 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,493 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16,376 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,771 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10,065 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,370 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,785 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,959 |
| 2025 | 5 | 17,080 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 994 | 319 |
| 2012 | 890 | 346 |
| 2013 | 768 | 388 |
| 2014 | 721 | 425 |
| 2015 | 618 | 483 |
| 2016 | 538 | 541 |
| 2017 | 463 | 590 |
| 2018 | 472 | 582 |
| 2019 | 449 | 609 |
| 2020 | 411 | 652 |
| 2021 | 390 | 683 |
| 2022 | 369 | 716 |
| 2023 | 332 | 772 |
| 2024 | 283 | 861 |
| 2025 | 306 | 813 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 46 | 719 |
| 2013 | 42 | 762 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Ty

- Ty Cobb, American baseball player (1886–1961)
- Ty Simpkins, American actor
- Ty Olsson, Canadian actor (born 1974)
- Ty Hardin, American actor (1930–2017)
- Ty Wood, Canadian actor
- Ty Segall, American musician and songwriter
- Ty Pennington, American television host
- Ty Panitz, American actor
- Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
- Ty Conklin, American ice hockey goaltender
- Ty Jerome, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Ty Miller, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.