Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ty

#520 most common boys' name of all time · #1,123 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#520
Rank overall
#1,123 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
48,344
Since 2016
4,049
Peak year
2005 #169
Best rank
#169 2005
Girls Boys peak 2,475/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ty first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 306 311 #812
2024 283 283 #859
2023 332 332 #772
2022 369 369 #716
2021 390 390 #683
2020 6 411 417 #650
2019 5 449 454 #609
2018 9 472 481 #582
2017 463 463 #587
2016 11 538 549 #541
2015 9 618 627 #483
2014 6 721 727 #425
2013 7 768 775 #388
2012 9 890 899 #346
2011 9 994 1,003 #319
2010 10 1,298 1,308 #265
2009 12 1,642 1,654 #222
2008 20 1,437 1,457 #247
2007 11 1,538 1,549 #237
2006 18 1,798 1,816 #210
2005 24 2,451 2,475 #169
2004 30 2,199 2,229 #181
2003 27 1,936 1,963 #193
2002 22 1,609 1,631 #214
2001 12 1,218 1,230 #269
2000 22 1,295 1,317 #259
1999 22 1,223 1,245 #256
1998 24 1,138 1,162 #262
1997 17 1,358 1,375 #228
1996 14 1,220 1,234 #242
1995 14 985 999 #279
1994 15 813 828 #318
1993 16 767 783 #330
1992 13 693 706 #345
1991 11 587 598 #386
1990 10 510 520 #435
1989 9 353 362 #509
1988 10 336 346 #499
1987 11 315 326 #505
1986 8 377 385 #448
1985 15 361 376 #452
1984 12 386 398 #422
1983 13 337 350 #452
1982 13 373 386 #434
1981 14 402 416 #413
1980 13 394 407 #413
1979 11 361 372 #420
1978 7 357 364 #413
1977 382 382 #400
1976 7 335 342 #427
1975 15 323 338 #441
1974 8 351 359 #417
1973 367 367 #406
1972 8 423 431 #383
1971 8 494 502 #364
1970 8 437 445 #385
1969 6 424 430 #381
1968 6 456 462 #362
1967 13 366 379 #400
1966 10 327 337 #422
1965 301 301 #448
1964 12 372 384 #419
1963 8 373 381 #415
1962 11 357 368 #423
1961 9 323 332 #451
1960 5 254 259 #495
1959 7 188 195 #569
1958 7 82 89 #834
1957 64 64 #952
1956 8 80 88 #839
1955 71 71 #883
1954 5 45 50 #1,119
1953 44 44 #1,121
1952 39 39 #1,194
1951 35 35 #1,257
1950 24 24 #1,528
1949 21 21 #1,658
1948 17 17 #1,874
1947 17 17 #1,904
1946 13 13 #2,117
1945 19 19 #1,577
1944 15 15 #1,877
1943 10 10 #2,534
1942 5 5 #3,864
1941 12 12 #2,191
1940 6 6 #3,372
1939 5 5 #3,795
1937 8 8 #2,866
1936 6 6 #3,443
1930 5 5 #4,306
1923 8 8 #3,408
1920 5 5 #4,666
1919 6 6 #4,028
1918 5 5 #4,534
1917 5 5 #4,339
1916 6 6 #3,797
1915 5 5 #4,366