Tyna
Feminine · “A spelling of Tina”
Tyna is Tina with a y, a mid-century spelling of one of the friendliest short names in English. The y is a real choice: English usually reads a y between consonants as a long i, as in tyrant and type.
How old is the name Tyna?
Tyna first appears in US birth records in 1950 — 75 years ago. The typical Tyna alive today was born around 1971, making them about 54 years old. About 600 people named Tyna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tyna most popular?
Tyna peaked in 1967, reaching #2272 nationally. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Christina to Tyna
The story of Tyna
Tina grew up as the back half of longer names and became a full name in its own right in the twentieth century. Its best-known bearer chose it for her: Anna Mae Bullock began performing with Ike Turner in the late fifties, and he renamed her Tina, reportedly so it would rhyme with Sheena, the comic-book queen of the jungle. Tyna writes the name with a y, which gives it a distinctive look; English readers, who usually say a y in the middle of a word as a long i, will sometimes read it TIE-nuh.
Meaning
A spelling of Tina, short for Christina and other names
Tina is the tail of Christina, Martina, Valentina and similar names, used on its own.
How the name formed
- Christina
- Tina
- Tyna
Related forms: Tina · Tina · Tina
Pronouncing Tyna
TEE-nuh
Said like Tina; the spelling also allows TIE-nuh, so say it once for new people.
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
- 1950
- Most girls named
- 196728 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2272reached in 1967
- Change vs 2004
- −44.4%5 in 2009, from 9
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.
Tyna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tina in English — spelling variant
- Tina in Italian — same name
- Tina in Spanish — same name
Tynas among us
people named Tyna are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tyna sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Tina, a name everyone knows.
- Short and friendly.
- Distinct on paper.
- Almost everyone will write Tina.
- The y invites the reading TIE-nuh.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tynas 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 Tyna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tyna in 2025?
- Tyna is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tyna with classmates?
- Tyna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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