Fun Facts About the Name Tyrus
- More than 4 thousand babies named Tyrus: U.S. records list 4,908 babies given the name Tyrus from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tyrus Mean?
Tyrus is the Latin form of the name of the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, and its meaning is "rock." The city name appears in Greek as Tyros and goes back to a Semitic word for a rock or cliff, represented in Hebrew by tsur (צור). Tyrus is a place name taken as a personal name, not a compound built from a verb or a divine element, so its force is simply "rock." It is unrelated to the similar-sounding Irish name Tyrone.
Tyrus Name History & Origins
Tyre was a Phoenician port on the coast of what is now Lebanon, known for its offshore island harbor and for the purple dye traded from it, and it was one of the major cities of the ancient Mediterranean. Because of that prominence its name passed into Greek early as Tyros, and from Greek into Latin as Tyrus, the form used by Roman writers and in Latin biblical text.
English readers met the Latinized form in Bible translation: the King James Version of 1611 prints Tyrus as well as Tyre, while the modern spelling Tyre reached English through Old French from the same Latin source. As a given name, Tyrus is used in English-speaking countries, chiefly the United States, where it follows the shape of other Latin-derived names ending in -us; the artist Tyrus Wong is a notable bearer.
How Popular is the Name Tyrus?
Tyrus recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1997. Its best rank was #996 in 1912.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,307 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2024 | #2,623 | 51 | 0.0030% |
| 2023 | #3,221 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #3,048 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2021 | #2,297 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2020 | #2,255 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2019 | #2,287 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2018 | #2,080 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2017 | #1,915 | 76 | 0.0041% |
| 2016 | #1,902 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2015 | #1,948 | 75 | 0.0039% |
| 2014 | #1,765 | 86 | 0.0045% |
| 2013 | #1,849 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2012 | #1,786 | 84 | 0.0044% |
| 2011 | #1,847 | 77 | 0.0041% |
| 2010 | #2,055 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2009 | #1,850 | 80 | 0.0040% |
| 2008 | #1,822 | 81 | 0.0040% |
| 2007 | #1,667 | 92 | 0.0044% |
| 2006 | #1,517 | 100 | 0.0049% |
| 2005 | #1,617 | 85 | 0.0043% |
| 2004 | #1,413 | 101 | 0.0051% |
| 2003 | #1,450 | 91 | 0.0046% |
| 2002 | #1,608 | 76 | 0.0039% |
| 2001 | #1,428 | 88 | 0.0045% |
| 2000 | #1,297 | 100 | 0.0051% |
| 1999 | #1,193 | 108 | 0.0056% |
| 1998 | #1,278 | 95 | 0.0050% |
| 1997 | #1,064 | 120 | 0.0064% |
| 1996 | #1,148 | 104 | 0.0055% |
| 1995 | #1,132 | 103 | 0.0054% |
| 1994 | #1,407 | 70 | 0.0036% |
| 1993 | #1,418 | 68 | 0.0035% |
| 1992 | #1,569 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 1991 | #1,480 | 60 | 0.0030% |
| 1990 | #1,484 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 1989 | #1,306 | 71 | 0.0035% |
| 1988 | #1,575 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1987 | #1,438 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 1986 | #1,401 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 1985 | #1,450 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1984 | #1,226 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 1983 | #1,446 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1982 | #1,411 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1981 | #1,175 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 1980 | #1,110 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 1979 | #1,290 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 1978 | #1,121 | 62 | 0.0038% |
| 1977 | #1,142 | 59 | 0.0036% |
| 1976 | #1,143 | 57 | 0.0036% |
| 1975 | #1,146 | 55 | 0.0035% |
| 1974 | #1,196 | 49 | 0.0031% |
| 1973 | #1,162 | 51 | 0.0033% |
| 1972 | #1,413 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 1971 | #1,212 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1970 | #1,235 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1969 | #1,263 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1968 | #1,783 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1967 | #1,472 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1966 | #1,537 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1965 | #1,510 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1964 | #1,327 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1963 | #1,452 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1962 | #1,340 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 1961 | #1,491 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 1960 | #2,114 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #1,619 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1958 | #1,888 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1957 | #1,578 | 26 | 0.0012% |
| 1956 | #1,762 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1955 | #1,535 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1954 | #2,039 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #1,627 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1952 | #2,503 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1951 | #2,361 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #2,107 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1949 | #1,870 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1948 | #2,019 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1947 | #1,986 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1946 | #2,397 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1945 | #2,566 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #3,867 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #1,692 | 19 | 0.0013% |
| 1942 | #1,938 | 15 | 0.0011% |
| 1941 | #3,113 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1940 | #2,311 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1939 | #3,089 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #2,849 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #2,894 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #2,839 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1935 | #2,705 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1934 | #2,382 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1933 | #2,203 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1932 | #3,074 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #3,371 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #2,441 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1929 | #1,924 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1928 | #2,632 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #1,641 | 23 | 0.0020% |
| 1926 | #2,068 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1925 | #1,930 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1924 | #3,011 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1923 | #2,760 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1922 | #1,945 | 18 | 0.0017% |
| 1921 | #1,583 | 24 | 0.0022% |
| 1920 | #2,589 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1919 | #3,103 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1918 | #1,443 | 26 | 0.0026% |
| 1917 | #1,434 | 25 | 0.0027% |
| 1916 | #997 | 42 | 0.0047% |
| 1915 | #1,180 | 31 | 0.0037% |
| 1914 | #1,052 | 30 | 0.0046% |
| 1913 | #1,172 | 20 | 0.0039% |
| 1912 | #996 | 22 | 0.0051% |
| 1911 | #1,977 | 5 | 0.0022% |
| 1910 | #1,572 | 6 | 0.0031% |
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 Tyrus Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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