Tyree
Masculine
Tyree is given to both — 14,835 boys and 735 girls since 1880. See Tyree as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Tyree is recorded for boys and girls alike and has three plausible sources. One of them is an island off the west coast of Scotland with more sunshine than anywhere else in Britain and almost no shelter from anything.
How old is the name Tyree?
Tyree first appears in US birth records in 1905 — 120 years ago. The typical Tyree alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 14,000 people named Tyree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tyree most popular?
Tyree peaked in 1998, reaching #405 nationally. Today it ranks #1808, 1,403 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tyree
Tiree is almost flat: the highest point is a low hill and most of the island is machair, the fertile shell-sand grassland of the Atlantic coast. Because there is nothing to cast a shadow and nothing to hold cloud, it records more hours of sunshine in May and June than any other weather station in the United Kingdom, and it is also one of the windiest places in Europe, which is why the houses are low and the trees are absent. It fed the region for centuries and was known as the granary of the isles. It now hosts a wave-sailing championship, for reasons that follow directly from the wind.
Meaningnot established
Not established
An Irish surname, the Hebridean island and an American build have all been proposed and none is documented. The record holds the spelling for both sexes and explains neither.
Pronouncing Tyree
TY-ree
Two syllables with the stress in front. ty-REE, with the weight on the second, is also heard.
Nicknames for Tyree
Limited
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
- 1905
- Most boys named
- 1999531 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #405reached in 1998
- Change vs 2023
- −20.0%88 in 2025, from 110
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.
Tyree in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Ohio, Texas.
Tyrees among us
people named Tyree are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,410 born in 2025 was named Tyree
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Tyree
- #1808
- Tyree on the 2025 chart
- #828
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Tyree went to 88 boys in 2025, but Tyre is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 100, which makes it the 828th most-given boys’ name of the year — 980 places above the chart.
- Tyree88
- Tyre12
About 1 boy in 17,081 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,410 for Tyree itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jewel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tyree's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jewel climbed just as high around 1907, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jewel's path sketches the road Tyree is walking now.
Tyree 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
Where Tyree is headed
Tyree should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Tyree beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tyree in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ty comes off the front as a short form and works for a child of either sex.
- It is read correctly at first sight and rarely needs spelling twice.
- It is recorded for boys and for girls, so it leaves a question open rather than closing it.
- Two stress patterns are in circulation and the spelling settles neither.
- Tyrie, Tyrese and Tiree are all in the record and will be confused with it.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has three candidates and no answer.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tyrees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 14,000 people named Tyree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Tyree?
- Tyree is the most-used spelling in US records — 88 of the 100 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Tyre.
- How popular is the name Tyree in 2025?
- Tyree ranks #1808 among US boy names in 2025, with 88 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tyree?
- About 1 in every 19,410 US boys born in 2025 was named Tyree — 88 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tyree with classmates?
- Tyree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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