NameTides

Tye

Tye was the #3,240 boys' name in the US in 2025 (36 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Tye as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Tye 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Tye 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#3,240 (36)#3,684 (5)——#2,269 (8)
2024#2,835 (45)#3,255 (6)——#2,710 (6)
2023#2,346 (59)#2,814 (7)——#1,810 (10)
2022#3,879 (28)———#1,895 (9)
2021#2,253 (62)#2,493 (8)———
2020#2,586 (49)#2,960 (6)———
2019#2,464 (54)#2,266 (9)——#2,440 (6)
2018#2,748 (44)#2,112 (10)——#1,279 (15)
2017#2,217 (60)#2,052 (11)——#1,194 (17)
2016#2,167 (63)#2,335 (9)——#1,487 (12)
2015#2,019 (71)#2,707 (7)——#1,816 (9)
2014#1,873 (78)#1,281 (20)#680 (3)—#1,465 (12)
2013#1,878 (75)#1,086 (24)——#1,028 (20)
2012#1,657 (93)#1,152 (23)——#928 (23)
2011#1,510 (106)#1,045 (25)——#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #1,005.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1930.
  • In 2023, 9% of US babies named Tye were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 48,000 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 48,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tye is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 46,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 96,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tye by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew 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: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Tye (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TyeCanadaBoys#2,2698
TyeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TyeEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
TyeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TyeScotlandBoys—too few
TyeUSGirls—too few
TyeUSBoys#3,24036