NameTides

Ty

Ty was the #810 boys' name in the US in 2025 (306 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Ty as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Ty as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ty as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#810 (306)#4,275 (4)——#916 (28)
2024#857 (283)#3,255 (6)——#1,026 (24)
2023#772 (332)#1,701 (14)——#854 (28)
2022#715 (369)#3,450 (5)——#787 (32)
2021#682 (390)#2,301 (9)——#673 (40)
2020#650 (411)#1,723 (13)—#392 (3)#585 (44)
2019#608 (449)#2,728 (7)——#633 (41)
2018#582 (472)#2,259 (9)——#601 (44)
2017#586 (463)#2,052 (11)——#587 (45)
2016#541 (538)#1,804 (13)——#588 (46)
2015#483 (618)#1,186 (22)—#415 (3)#495 (57)
2014#425 (721)#1,327 (19)#680 (3)—#438 (68)
2013#388 (768)#762 (42)#590 (4)#343 (4)#342 (86)
2012#346 (890)#719 (46)#318 (11)#346 (4)#270 (124)
2011#319 (994)#743 (42)#421 (7)—#223 (150)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #169.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ty is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 7,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ty by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #999MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #934CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #708TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Ty (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Ty (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TyCanadaGirls—too few
TyCanadaBoys#91628
TyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TyEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
TyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TyScotlandBoys—too few
TyUSGirls#14,9425
TyUSBoys#810306