Ty: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TY · 1 syllable

Clipping of Tyrone, Tyler, Tyson, Tyron, and other male given names beginning with "Ty".

How popular is Ty?

Ty was the #810 name in the US in 2025, given to 311 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 54% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Ty in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Ty are older than 29; most are between 19 and 62. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Ty have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Ty is pronounced TY.

Ty was the #810 name in the US in 2025, given to 311 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 54% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Ty are older than 29. Most are between 19 and 62.