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How popular is the name Tyrone?

Births per year, rank history and how many Tyrones are alive today.

Tyrone (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 135 babies were given the name, the 225th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak.

The Tyrone you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Tyrones born in England and Wales are between 20 and 33, and there are at least 2,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Tyrone - on average, only one in every 132 such rooms contains a Tyrone.

How many babies are named Tyrone each year?

050100200020201996: 1171997: 1261998: 1351999: 1262000: 972001: 922002: 732003: 862004: 652005: 732006: 562007: 902008: 642009: 482010: 382011: 322012: 502013: 272014: 282015: 222016: 272017: 182018: 172019: 162020: 172021: 142022: 122023: 82024: 112025: 9actual

Where does Tyrone rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2451997: ranked 2371998: ranked 2251999: ranked 2412000: ranked 2822001: ranked 2972002: ranked 3472003: ranked 3242004: ranked 4242005: ranked 4092006: ranked 5282007: ranked 4002008: ranked 5272009: ranked 6542010: ranked 7742011: ranked 9072012: ranked 6712013: ranked 1,0242014: ranked 1,0122015: ranked 1,1862016: ranked 1,0502017: ranked 1,3982018: ranked 1,4552019: ranked 1,5062020: ranked 1,4312021: ranked 1,6882022: ranked 1,8802023: ranked 2,5472024: ranked 2,0892025: ranked 2,440

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Tyrone per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 135 in 1998
Tyrone: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Tyrone most popular?

Tyrone peaked in 1998, when 135 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Tyrone?

At least 2,300 people named Tyrone born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Tyrone?

Most living Tyrones are between 20 and 33; the most common age is about 28.

Is Tyrone becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.






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