# Tyrone (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tyrone/  
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 | “land of eoghan” |
| Pronunciation | /taɪˈɹoʊn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ty |
| Variant spellings | Tyron |
| US babies named this | 80,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 79,437 / 709 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,594, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).

## What it means

Tyrone is grouped under earth.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 20 | 3,773 |
| 1979 | 21 | 3,770 |
| 1980 | 19 | 4,139 |
| 1981 | 12 | 5,880 |
| 1982 | 15 | 4,936 |
| 1983 | 8 | 8,013 |
| 1984 | 12 | 5,886 |
| 1985 | 22 | 3,847 |
| 1986 | 12 | 6,136 |
| 1987 | 21 | 4,119 |
| 1988 | 11 | 7,095 |
| 1989 | 6 | 12,301 |
| 1994 | 8 | 10,527 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,660 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,776 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 272 | 808 |
| 2012 | 285 | 794 |
| 2013 | 284 | 794 |
| 2014 | 270 | 839 |
| 2015 | 233 | 921 |
| 2016 | 201 | 1,012 |
| 2017 | 204 | 995 |
| 2018 | 174 | 1,118 |
| 2019 | 159 | 1,208 |
| 2020 | 165 | 1,171 |
| 2021 | 137 | 1,358 |
| 2022 | 121 | 1,503 |
| 2023 | 149 | 1,292 |
| 2024 | 144 | 1,338 |
| 2025 | 132 | 1,392 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 907 |
| 2012 | 50 | 671 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,012 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Tyrone

- Tyrone Power, American actor (1914-1958)
- Tyrone Mings, English association football player
- Tyrone Mears, English association football player
- Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player/coach
- Tyrone Smith, Bermudian long jumper
- Tyrone Giordano, American actor
- Tyrone Hill, American basketball player-coach
- Tyrone Power Sr., English-born American stage and screen actor (1869–1931)
- Tyrone Power Jr., American actor (1959)
- Tyrone Brazelton, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Tyrone Wallace, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Tyrone Davis, American musician (1938-2005)

## 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.