Tyre
Tyre was the 7155th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1236th; the most babies were born in 1999 (98). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,428 places. More babies were named Tyre in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,155 boys, up 306 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199998 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,169babies recorded
Tyre popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 50 since 1976.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,155 | 12 |
| 2020 | #7,461 | 11 |
| 2010 | #3,444 | 32 |
| 2000 | #1,399 | 90 |
| 1990 | #1,562 | 54 |
| 1980 | #3,425 | 13 |
| 1970 | #3,812 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,059 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tyre, counting every spelling?
Tyre is a spelling of Tyr, a name family that had 52 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 52 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyr | 40 | #3,085 | 262 |
| Tyre | 12 | #7,155 | 67 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tyre?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tyre (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tyre born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tyre.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tyre?
About 1,900 people born in the US named Tyre are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 21 and 36. That makes Tyre mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tyre: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tyre, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tyre
How popular is the name Tyre?
Tyre was the 7155th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1236th; the most babies were born in 1999 (98). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,428 places. More babies were named Tyre in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tyre a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tyre in the US.