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Tyrel

Boy · ty-REL · French

Tyrel is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “one who pulls”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).

What does Tyrel mean?

French: variant of Tyrell, an English surname from Norman French Tirel

“one who pulls”

In Shakespeare's Richard III, Sir James Tyrrel is the man hired to murder the Princes in the Tower.

Say it
ty-REL

Is Tyrel a girl's or a boy's name?

Tyrel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tyrel in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Tyrel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 10 in 20042014
Tyrel in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20141#6,179
20130–
20120–
20110–
20104#4,026
20090–
20085#3,305
20075#3,231
20065#3,013
20056#2,545
200410#1,688
20038#1,880
20023#3,325
20016#2,049
20006#1,977
19995#2,184
19987#1,727
19973#2,979
19964#2,442

How popular is Tyrel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,044among boys
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 90,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Tyrel, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1981, with 181 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.

2025 had more boys named Tyrel than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Tyrel in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

1968Busiest: 181 in 19812025
Tyrel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202519#5,044
202413#6,464
202315#5,922
202213#6,473
202112#6,693
202013#6,292
201919#4,947
201812#6,699
201716#5,522
201616#5,551
201524#4,177
201426#3,888
201319#4,801
201226#3,891
201126#3,883
201020#4,676
200930#3,549
200836#3,163
200743#2,764
200639#2,880
200558#2,110
200445#2,448
200353#2,098
200260#1,865
200168#1,695
200068#1,677
199994#1,291
199886#1,356
199795#1,224
199688#1,255
199595#1,183
199497#1,149
1993116#1,019
1992131#928
1991122#958
1990119#945
1989129#883
1988105#937
1987152#739
1986124#811
1985160#696
1984139#739
1983146#709
1982155#699
1981181#633
198069#1,089
197993#906
197822#2,134
197720#2,270
197619#2,328
197517#2,448
197416#2,457
197314#2,604
197210#3,150
197112#2,811
19700–
19696#3,934
19685#4,135

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