Tyrese
Masculine
Tyrese is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 8,983 boys against 148 girls since 1880.
Tyrese belongs to the American practice of building names from productive parts — the Ty- opening that also gives Tyrone and Tyler, joined to an ending chosen for sound.
How old is the name Tyrese?
Tyrese first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Tyrese alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 8,800 people named Tyrese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tyrese most popular?
Tyrese peaked in 1999, reaching #201 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 2,475 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Tyrese
American naming of the later twentieth century used a small set of openings and endings as interchangeable parts, and the Ty- family — Tyrone, Tyree, Tyrell, Tyrese — grew out of that. The name rose sharply from the late 1990s, when a singer and actor of the name became widely known, and peaked around 1999.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established meaning. It is generally read as a coinage on the Ty- element shared with Tyrone and Tyree, plus an -ese or -eese ending. Attempts to connect it to the Greek or to a place name are reconstructions after the fact. The name has no record before the twentieth century.
Pronouncing Tyrese
ty-REESE
Two syllables, stress on the second. The end stress is part of what makes it distinctive.
Nicknames for Tyrese
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
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 19991,692 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #201reached in 1999
- Change vs 2024
- −21.3%48 in 2025, from 61
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.
Tyrese in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tyreese in English — spelling variant
- Tyrese in English — same name
- Tyrise in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Georgia, New York.
Tyreses among us
people named Tyrese are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Tyrese
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Tyrese
- #2676
- Tyrese on the 2025 chart
- #858
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Tyrese went to 48 boys in 2025, but Tyreese, Tyreece and Tyrece are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 70, which makes it the 858th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,818 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 24,401 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 35,585 for Tyrese 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 Buddy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tyrese's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Buddy climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Buddy's path sketches the road Tyrese is walking now.
Tyrese 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 Tyrese is headed
Tyrese should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Tyrese beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tyrese in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The end-stressed rhythm is uncommon in English and carries well when spoken.
- Ty and Reese are both usable short forms and both stand alone.
- It comes from a documented and deliberate naming tradition.
- It has no inherited meaning to offer.
- Several spellings are in use.
- It is closely dated to the late 1990s and 2000s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tyreses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 8,800 people named Tyrese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Tyrese?
- Tyrese is the most-used spelling in US records — 48 of the 70 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Tyreese, Tyreece and Tyrece.
- How popular is the name Tyrese in 2025?
- Tyrese ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tyrese?
- About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Tyrese — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tyrese with classmates?
- Tyrese will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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