Tye
Boy · TY · English
Tye is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Tye mean?
English: spelling of Ty, or an English surname from Old English teag 'enclosure'
Often a spelling of Ty, the short form of names such as Tyler and Tyrone.
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- TY
Is Tye a girl's or a boy's name?
Tye is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tye in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Tye, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 60 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Tye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Tye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 44 | #761 |
| 2009 | 59 | #617 |
| 2008 | 54 | #644 |
| 2007 | 59 | #577 |
| 2006 | 60 | #550 |
| 2005 | 45 | #648 |
| 2004 | 50 | #565 |
| 2003 | 55 | #489 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 32 | #641 |
| 2000 | 21 | #862 |
| 1999 | 31 | #633 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Tye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Tye, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 170 boys. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the boys named Tye in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 401 boys in the US were given Tye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #646, up from #3,239 for this spelling alone.
Tye in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,345 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,216 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,167 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,019 |
| 2014 | 78 | #1,872 |
| 2013 | 75 | #1,877 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,510 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2009 | 127 | #1,353 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2007 | 157 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 170 | #1,054 |
| 2005 | 169 | #1,004 |
| 2004 | 160 | #1,021 |
| 2003 | 138 | #1,110 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,206 |
| 2000 | 136 | #1,051 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 99 | #1,228 |
| 1997 | 114 | #1,107 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,125 |
| 1995 | 111 | #1,063 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,227 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 61 | #1,485 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,204 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,273 |
| 1989 | 94 | #1,078 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,186 |
| 1987 | 75 | #1,105 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,241 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,032 |
| 1984 | 80 | #992 |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,120 |
| 1982 | 84 | #981 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,037 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,077 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,027 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,093 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,138 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,026 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 68 | #984 |
| 1971 | 69 | #979 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,159 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,771 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
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