Tynan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY-nan
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Tynan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of the dark one”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Tynan mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Teimhneáin
“descendant of the dark one”
Also the name of a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Is Tynan a girl's or a boy's name?
Tynan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tynan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Tynan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1994, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Tynan in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tynan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
Nicknames for Tynan
- Ty 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tynan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brayden Declan Teagan Aiden Ronan Brennan Keenan Kellan Kian Finn Conan
Names related to Tynan
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tynan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tynan, updated 20 October 2026.