Tyrus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY-rus
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Tyrus is a boys' name, meaning “rock”. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Tyrus mean?
Latin name of the city of Tyre, from Phoenician Sur
“rock”
Baseball great Ty Cobb (1886-1961) was born Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
Is Tyrus a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyrus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tyrus 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 6 boys.
Tyrus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Tyrus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Tyrus, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 120 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
2025 had fewer boys named Tyrus than any year since 1968.
Half of all the boys named Tyrus in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyrus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,276 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,264 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,064 |
| 2017 | 76 | #1,897 |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,890 |
| 2015 | 75 | #1,931 |
| 2014 | 86 | #1,751 |
| 2013 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 2012 | 84 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 77 | #1,834 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,036 |
| 2009 | 80 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 81 | #1,813 |
| 2007 | 92 | #1,658 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,501 |
| 2005 | 85 | #1,601 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,402 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,436 |
| 2002 | 76 | #1,593 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,411 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,287 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,187 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,268 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,056 |
| 1996 | 104 | #1,139 |
| 1995 | 103 | #1,122 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,395 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 60 | #1,461 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,289 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 51 | #1,423 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,384 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,213 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,428 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,394 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,169 |
| 1980 | 67 | #1,103 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,109 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,123 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,138 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,147 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,199 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,252 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,310 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 42 | #984 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,146 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
Nicknames for Tyrus
- Ty 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tyrus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Tyrus
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, “Tyrus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tyrus, updated 20 October 2026.