Tyre
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TYRE
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Tyre is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Tyre mean?
The ancient Phoenician city, from a Semitic word for rock; or a short form of Tyree
Tyre was a great Phoenician port city, now in Lebanon, whose name means rock.
Is Tyre a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyre is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tyre in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Tyre, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 98 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Tyre in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyre in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,796 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,387 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,268 |
| 1997 | 58 | #1,690 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 56 | #1,628 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,316 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,224 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
Nicknames for Tyre
- Ty 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tyre
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ridge, Keegan, Cole, Cade, Case, Brayden, Brody, Chase, Bryce, Tate, Gage, Kyle
Names related to Tyre
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, “Tyre: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tyre, updated 20 October 2026.