Tyee
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Tyee is a boys' name of Native American origin, meaning “chief”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tyee mean?
Native American: Chinook Jargon tyee
“chief”
From Chinook Jargon, the Pacific Northwest trade language, where tyee means chief or boss; also a name for a large Chinook salmon.
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Is Tyee a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyee is a boys' name.
How popular is Tyee in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Tyee in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 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 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
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