Tyr Boy
How popular is Tyr?
#3,035 boy name in 2025
40 baby boys were named Tyr in the US in 2025, making it the 3035th most popular boy name.
Tyr popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,035 for boys (▼ 533 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+111% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,888 in 2015, #3,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (69 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,112 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tyr counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tyr family of names ranked #2,075 for boys in 2025 (#1,716 the year before), with 52 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tyr | 40 | 77% |
| Tyre | 12 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tyr is most popular
Babies named Tyr per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Tyr by decade
Boy names about as popular as Tyr
Questions
- Is Tyr a boy or girl name?
- Tyr is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tyr were boys.
- How popular is the name Tyr?
- 40 baby boys were named Tyr in the US in 2025, making it the 3035th most popular boy name.
- When was Tyr most popular?
- Tyr peaked in 2023, when 69 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,112 in 2023.
- How many people are named Tyr?
- 518 babies have been named Tyr in the US since 1880. We estimate about 515 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Tyr most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tyr was most common in Utah, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.