Tyrone

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Tyrone is a male given name of Irish origin. The name originates from the toponym County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, which in turn derives from the Irish language Tír Eoghain. Tír Eoghain was the name of a Gaelic kingdom of medieval Ireland.

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Tyrone first appears in the data in 1914 and has been recorded in 105 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 2,530 babies (rank #132 that year). In 2024 it was given to 144 boys (rank #1,333). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Tyrone

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Tyrone yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

80,012
Total babies (all years)
105
Years in the data
2,530
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19145#3,719
19177#3,523
19186#4,133
19205#4,930
19219#3,192
19228#3,511
192310#2,925
192410#3,010
19267#3,679
192713#2,398
19288#3,335
19298#3,231
19309#3,001
19316#3,727
19326#3,750
193516#1,830
19368#2,838
193771#720
1938209#393
1939406#271
1940351#298
1941347#311
1942335#333
1943336#332
1944312#338
1945367#313
1946472#298
1947629#270
1948724#237
1949790#230
1950816#225
1951890#218
1952930#217
19531,139#205
19541,223#206
19551,276#201
19561,409#197
19571,405#195
19581,532#186
19591,820#171
19601,600#191
19611,631#189
19621,617#185
19631,609#184
19641,553#177
19651,569#172
19661,614#168
19671,562#171
19681,451#180
19692,218#137
19702,530#132
19712,115#142
19721,840#144
19731,831#139
19741,816#139
19751,682#146
19761,731#146
19771,572#155
19781,434#168
19791,365#175
19801,195#205
19811,211#206
19821,280#195
19831,146#207
19841,058#216
19851,222#198
19861,158#210
19871,149#215
19881,111#225
19891,066#246
19901,029#261
1991942#281
1992975#289
1993900#305
1994834#313
1995717#341
1996681#356
1997679#365
1998614#398
1999556#424
2000607#410
2001525#460
2002451#507
2003413#545
2004406#562
2005406#574
2006434#574
2007416#606
2008372#654
2009356#682
2010327#713
2011272#808
2012285#794
2013283#795
2014270#839
2015233#921
2016201#1,011
2017204#995
2018174#1,118
2019159#1,208
2020165#1,170
2021137#1,356
2022121#1,502
2023149#1,287
2024144#1,333