Ty
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #810 for boys
Ty is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 810th for boys in the US (306 babies).
What does Ty mean?
English: short form of Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone
A short form of names such as Tyler, Tyson and Tyrone, now used independently.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ty a girl's or a boy's name?
Ty is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 306 boys in the US.
How popular is Ty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ty, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 167 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Ty since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Ty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Ty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 50 | #729 |
| 2012 | 61 | #634 |
| 2011 | 49 | #721 |
| 2010 | 65 | #579 |
| 2009 | 94 | #441 |
| 2008 | 91 | #454 |
| 2007 | 116 | #354 |
| 2006 | 147 | #278 |
| 2005 | 167 | #236 |
| 2004 | 54 | #535 |
| 2003 | 75 | #392 |
| 2002 | 47 | #514 |
| 2001 | 36 | #591 |
| 2000 | 38 | #570 |
| 1999 | 36 | #585 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Ty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #810among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 306about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 306 boys in the US were named Ty, making it the 810th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 650th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 2,451 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 5 girls were also named Ty in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ty in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 401 boys in the US were given Ty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #646, up from #810 for this spelling alone.
Ty in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #810 |
| 2024 | 283 | #857 |
| 2023 | 332 | #772 |
| 2022 | 369 | #715 |
| 2021 | 390 | #682 |
| 2020 | 411 | #650 |
| 2019 | 449 | #608 |
| 2018 | 472 | #582 |
| 2017 | 463 | #586 |
| 2016 | 538 | #541 |
| 2015 | 618 | #483 |
| 2014 | 721 | #425 |
| 2013 | 768 | #388 |
| 2012 | 890 | #346 |
| 2011 | 994 | #319 |
| 2010 | 1,298 | #265 |
| 2009 | 1,642 | #222 |
| 2008 | 1,437 | #247 |
| 2007 | 1,538 | #237 |
| 2006 | 1,798 | #210 |
| 2005 | 2,451 | #169 |
| 2004 | 2,199 | #181 |
| 2003 | 1,936 | #193 |
| 2002 | 1,609 | #214 |
| 2001 | 1,218 | #269 |
| 2000 | 1,295 | #259 |
| 1999 | 1,223 | #256 |
| 1998 | 1,138 | #262 |
| 1997 | 1,358 | #228 |
| 1996 | 1,220 | #242 |
| 1995 | 985 | #279 |
| 1994 | 813 | #318 |
| 1993 | 767 | #330 |
| 1992 | 693 | #345 |
| 1991 | 587 | #385 |
| 1990 | 510 | #433 |
| 1989 | 353 | #507 |
| 1988 | 336 | #497 |
| 1987 | 315 | #504 |
| 1986 | 377 | #447 |
| 1985 | 361 | #452 |
| 1984 | 386 | #422 |
| 1983 | 337 | #452 |
| 1982 | 373 | #433 |
| 1981 | 402 | #411 |
| 1980 | 394 | #412 |
| 1979 | 361 | #419 |
| 1978 | 357 | #412 |
| 1977 | 382 | #400 |
| 1976 | 335 | #426 |
| 1975 | 323 | #438 |
| 1974 | 351 | #417 |
| 1973 | 367 | #406 |
| 1972 | 423 | #383 |
| 1971 | 494 | #364 |
| 1970 | 437 | #385 |
| 1969 | 424 | #381 |
| 1968 | 456 | #362 |
| 1967 | 366 | #399 |
| 1966 | 327 | #421 |
| 1965 | 301 | #448 |
| 1964 | 372 | #418 |
| 1963 | 373 | #415 |
| 1962 | 357 | #423 |
| 1961 | 323 | #450 |
| 1960 | 254 | #495 |
| 1959 | 188 | #568 |
| 1958 | 82 | #827 |
| 1957 | 64 | #943 |
| 1956 | 80 | #832 |
| 1955 | 71 | #873 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,111 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,181 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Ty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Toby Sonny Tyler Blake Cody Cole Zachary Ethan Luke Rory Dylan Riley
Other spellings of Ty
Names related to Ty
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ty, updated 20 October 2026.