Tymere
Masculine
Tymere is one of the -mere names — Jamere, Damere, Demere, Tymere — that American naming assembled in the 1990s and early 2000s from a familiar prefix and a rhyme family. It is a made name, and its shape is entirely legible to anyone who knows the system that made it.
How old is the name Tymere?
Tymere first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Tymere alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 600 people named Tymere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tymere most popular?
Tymere peaked in 2003, reaching #3280 nationally. Today it ranks #5208, 1,928 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tymere
American naming has rhyme families the way English has rhyming slang: once a sound is in circulation it attaches to every available prefix, and the whole set arrives at once. The -mere ending appears in Social Security data in the late 1980s, spreads across Ja-, La-, De-, Ta- and Ty- through the 1990s, and thins out again after about 2010. Tymere's peak in 2003 sits at the center of that arc. Nothing about the name is accidental — the stress falls where an American ear expects it, the vowels alternate, the two syllables balance — but nothing about it is inherited either. It was assembled, and assembled well, from parts that were all already names.
Meaningnot established
Not established
There is no etymology. The Ty- opening comes from Tyrone and Tyler by way of Tyrell and Tyshawn; the -mere ending belongs to a rhyme family that includes Jamere, Demere and Lamere and has no traceable source of its own. French mère and Old English mere have both been suggested in casual sources and neither is supported by anything.
Pronouncing Tymere
ty-MEER
Two syllables with the stress at the back, the first rhyming with tie and the second with here. Some families say TY-mere with the weight at the front.
Nicknames for Tymere
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 200733 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3280reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- −18.2%18 in 2025, from 22
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tymeres among us
people named Tymere are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was named Tymere
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Johnthomas test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tymere's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Johnthomas climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Johnthomas's path sketches the road Tymere is walking now.
Tymere sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Tymere beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tymere in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ty is a ready-made short form that everyone already knows.
- It is easy to say and follows its spelling.
- It is distinctive without being hard to read.
- There is no meaning behind it to give a child.
- Tymir, Tymeer and Tymere all exist and will be written for each other.
- It is closely dated to the years around 2000.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tymeres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Tymere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tymere in 2025?
- Tymere ranks #5208 among US boy names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tymere?
- About 1 in every 94,893 US boys born in 2025 was named Tymere — 18 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tymere with classmates?
- Tymere will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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