How Many People Are Named Ty?
people named Ty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,405 people in the US has this name
Based on 48,344 babies named Ty in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,475 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of TYLER, TYSON, TYRONE, and other names beginning with Ty.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Ty in English. Counting Ty and these spellings together, about 51,448 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ty, 1.5% were girls and 98.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ty alive today is about 27 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ty first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2005, to 2,475 babies. In 2025, 311 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ty has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #169, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #813.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #813 |
| Best rank | #169 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #213 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ty were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,955 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ty was given 3.6 times as often in Montana, 3.5 times in South Dakota and 3.5 times in Wyoming.
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