Fun Facts About the Name Tye
- More than 5 thousand babies named Tye: U.S. records list 5,580 babies given the name Tye from 1880 through 2025. Even 358 girls received the name Tye - about 1 girl for every 15 boys.
What Does the Name Tye Mean?
Tye is an English name used as both a surname and a given name. The surname is a topographic name for a person who lived by an enclosure or a small field; it descends from the Old English word tēag, which meant an enclosure, a close, or a small piece of enclosed land. The same element appears in a number of English place names. As a first name, Tye is most often a variant spelling of Ty, a short form of names such as Tyler, Tyson, and Tyrone, and in that use it carries no separate meaning beyond the longer name it shortens.
Tye Name History & Origins
The name is documented early as an English surname. Christopher Tye, an English composer and organist, was active in the sixteenth century, showing the surname in ordinary use by that period. The surname grew out of the Old English term for enclosed land, and the same word survives in English place names formed with that element.
Tye as a boy's first name is a variant spelling of Ty. Ty began as a short form of Tyler, Tyson, and Tyrone and later came to stand on its own; Tye follows that pattern. Both spellings are found in the English-speaking world, with Tye appearing mainly in the United States and Britain.
How Popular is the Name Tye?
Tye recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2006. Its best rank was #917 in 1968.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #15,021 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #12,051 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #15,408 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #12,638 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #18,665 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #18,911 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #12,988 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #16,388 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #8,597 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #19,401 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #10,627 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #13,740 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #20,366 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #19,878 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #10,871 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #11,568 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #8,467 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #13,521 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #13,423 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #8,002 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #7,687 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #10,073 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #6,149 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #15,752 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #13,309 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,759 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #15,674 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #12,881 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,005 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #10,344 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #9,772 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #7,106 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #6,017 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #6,776 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #5,442 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #12,235 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #12,096 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #8,135 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #8,975 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #5,345 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #7,259 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #5,822 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #6,665 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #6,563 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,306 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2024 | #2,859 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2023 | #2,361 | 59 | 0.0035% |
| 2022 | #3,978 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #2,272 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2020 | #2,614 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2019 | #2,482 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2018 | #2,790 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #2,238 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2016 | #2,182 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 2015 | #2,033 | 71 | 0.0037% |
| 2014 | #1,881 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2013 | #1,898 | 75 | 0.0040% |
| 2012 | #1,666 | 93 | 0.0049% |
| 2011 | #1,515 | 106 | 0.0056% |
| 2010 | #1,501 | 109 | 0.0057% |
| 2009 | #1,359 | 127 | 0.0064% |
| 2008 | #1,293 | 135 | 0.0066% |
| 2007 | #1,143 | 157 | 0.0076% |
| 2006 | #1,057 | 170 | 0.0083% |
| 2005 | #1,008 | 169 | 0.0085% |
| 2004 | #1,028 | 160 | 0.0081% |
| 2003 | #1,118 | 138 | 0.0070% |
| 2002 | #1,235 | 111 | 0.0057% |
| 2001 | #1,215 | 111 | 0.0057% |
| 2000 | #1,059 | 136 | 0.0069% |
| 1999 | #1,267 | 98 | 0.0051% |
| 1998 | #1,236 | 99 | 0.0052% |
| 1997 | #1,115 | 114 | 0.0060% |
| 1996 | #1,138 | 105 | 0.0055% |
| 1995 | #1,068 | 111 | 0.0058% |
| 1994 | #1,242 | 88 | 0.0046% |
| 1993 | #1,378 | 71 | 0.0036% |
| 1992 | #1,503 | 61 | 0.0031% |
| 1991 | #1,213 | 84 | 0.0042% |
| 1990 | #1,286 | 75 | 0.0037% |
| 1989 | #1,093 | 94 | 0.0047% |
| 1988 | #1,201 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 1987 | #1,113 | 75 | 0.0040% |
| 1986 | #1,253 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 1985 | #1,042 | 79 | 0.0043% |
| 1984 | #999 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 1983 | #1,129 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 1982 | #989 | 84 | 0.0046% |
| 1981 | #1,042 | 77 | 0.0043% |
| 1980 | #1,124 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 1979 | #1,088 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 1978 | #1,033 | 72 | 0.0044% |
| 1977 | #1,098 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 1976 | #1,178 | 54 | 0.0034% |
| 1975 | #1,145 | 55 | 0.0035% |
| 1974 | #1,033 | 64 | 0.0041% |
| 1973 | #1,066 | 59 | 0.0038% |
| 1972 | #987 | 68 | 0.0042% |
| 1971 | #984 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 1970 | #1,167 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 1969 | #1,167 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1968 | #917 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1967 | #1,100 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1966 | #1,397 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1965 | #1,359 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1964 | #1,261 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1963 | #1,422 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 1962 | #1,622 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1961 | #1,773 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1960 | #1,809 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1959 | #1,801 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1958 | #2,364 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1957 | #2,367 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1956 | #2,255 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1955 | #2,745 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #2,728 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #2,891 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #3,352 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #2,837 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #4,156 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #3,641 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,707 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #3,984 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,744 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1930 | #3,968 | 6 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Tye Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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