Tycho
Boy · TY-koh · Greek
Tycho is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “fortune, chance”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Tycho mean?
Greek: Latinized form of Danish Tyge, from Greek tyche
“fortune, chance”
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe made the precise observations that Kepler used to work out planetary orbits.
- Say it
- TY-koh
Is Tycho a girl's or a boy's name?
Tycho is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tycho in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Tycho, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Tycho in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tycho in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
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