Tyke
Boy · TYKE · English
Tyke is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “small child”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tyke mean?
English: English word, from Old Norse tik
“small child”
Tyke is also a long-standing nickname for a Yorkshireman.
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Is Tyke a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyke is a boys' name.
How popular is Tyke in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Tyke in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyke in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Nicknames for Tyke
- Ty 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tyke
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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