Tyrone
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ty-ROHN
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,388 for boys
Tyrone is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “land of Eoghan”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 1,388th for boys in the US (132 babies).
What does Tyrone mean?
Irish: from the Irish county name Tir Eoghain
“land of Eoghan”
From County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, whose Irish name, Tir Eoghain, means land of Eoghan.
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Is Tyrone a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyrone is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 132 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tyrone in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Tyrone, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 148 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tyrone in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Tyrone in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,069 |
| 2012 | 53 | #701 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 41 | #803 |
| 2009 | 51 | #686 |
| 2008 | 67 | #559 |
| 2007 | 91 | #429 |
| 2006 | 60 | #550 |
| 2005 | 75 | #433 |
| 2004 | 70 | #435 |
| 2003 | 93 | #330 |
| 2002 | 77 | #367 |
| 2001 | 99 | #311 |
| 2000 | 99 | #309 |
| 1999 | 130 | #264 |
| 1998 | 148 | #240 |
| 1997 | 138 | #250 |
| 1996 | 121 | #265 |
How popular is Tyrone in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,388th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 132 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 132 boys in the US were named Tyrone, making it the 1,388th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,166th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 2,530 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Tyrone in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyrone in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #1,388 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,332 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,288 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,496 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,349 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,166 |
| 2019 | 159 | #1,202 |
| 2018 | 174 | #1,117 |
| 2017 | 204 | #995 |
| 2016 | 201 | #1,011 |
| 2015 | 233 | #918 |
| 2014 | 270 | #835 |
| 2013 | 284 | #794 |
| 2012 | 285 | #793 |
| 2011 | 272 | #805 |
| 2010 | 327 | #713 |
| 2009 | 356 | #681 |
| 2008 | 372 | #654 |
| 2007 | 416 | #604 |
| 2006 | 434 | #574 |
| 2005 | 407 | #573 |
| 2004 | 406 | #561 |
| 2003 | 413 | #545 |
| 2002 | 451 | #507 |
| 2001 | 525 | #460 |
| 2000 | 607 | #410 |
| 1999 | 556 | #424 |
| 1998 | 614 | #398 |
| 1997 | 679 | #364 |
| 1996 | 681 | #355 |
| 1995 | 717 | #340 |
| 1994 | 834 | #313 |
| 1993 | 900 | #305 |
| 1992 | 975 | #289 |
| 1991 | 942 | #281 |
| 1990 | 1,029 | #260 |
| 1989 | 1,066 | #246 |
| 1988 | 1,111 | #225 |
| 1987 | 1,149 | #215 |
| 1986 | 1,158 | #210 |
| 1985 | 1,222 | #198 |
| 1984 | 1,059 | #216 |
| 1983 | 1,146 | #207 |
| 1982 | 1,280 | #195 |
| 1981 | 1,211 | #206 |
| 1980 | 1,195 | #205 |
| 1979 | 1,362 | #176 |
| 1978 | 1,435 | #168 |
| 1977 | 1,572 | #155 |
| 1976 | 1,731 | #145 |
| 1975 | 1,682 | #146 |
| 1974 | 1,816 | #139 |
| 1973 | 1,831 | #139 |
| 1972 | 1,840 | #144 |
| 1971 | 2,115 | #141 |
| 1970 | 2,530 | #132 |
| 1969 | 2,218 | #137 |
| 1968 | 1,451 | #180 |
| 1967 | 1,562 | #171 |
| 1966 | 1,615 | #168 |
| 1965 | 1,569 | #172 |
| 1964 | 1,552 | #177 |
| 1963 | 1,609 | #184 |
| 1962 | 1,619 | #185 |
| 1961 | 1,631 | #189 |
| 1960 | 1,599 | #191 |
| 1959 | 1,821 | #171 |
| 1958 | 1,530 | #186 |
| 1957 | 1,408 | #195 |
| 1956 | 1,407 | #197 |
| 1955 | 1,276 | #201 |
| 1954 | 1,223 | #205 |
| 1953 | 1,139 | #204 |
| 1952 | 930 | #217 |
| 1951 | 891 | #218 |
| 1950 | 815 | #225 |
| 1949 | 790 | #229 |
| 1948 | 724 | #237 |
| 1947 | 629 | #270 |
| 1946 | 472 | #298 |
| 1945 | 367 | #310 |
| 1944 | 312 | #337 |
| 1943 | 336 | #332 |
| 1942 | 336 | #332 |
| 1941 | 346 | #311 |
| 1940 | 351 | #298 |
| 1939 | 406 | #270 |
| 1938 | 208 | #393 |
| 1937 | 72 | #706 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Nicknames for Tyrone
- Ty 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tyrone
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ryan, Kevin, Cody, Brian, Regan, Casey, Connor, Rory, Daniel, Declan, Ronnie, Michael
Names related to Tyrone
Tyrion, Tyron, Toryn, Tyran, Tyren, Tyronne, Tyrin, Tayron, Tyreon
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Erin, Ronan, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian, Kian, Sloane
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tyrone: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tyrone, updated 20 October 2026.