Tyge

Boys' name

Form of Tóki

Tyge has been given to 72 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1972, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Tyge, 2013

1 in 729,000

Tyge over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tyge: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Tóki

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tyge means

Tyge is a form of Tóki.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Tyge is used in Danish (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈtyː.ə/ for Tyge.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tóki.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 72 boys were recorded with the name Tyge between 1971 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1972; its best national rank was #3,599 in 1972.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Tyge?

Tyge had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013: 1 in 729,000; 5 of 3,645,938 births
Among boys only: 1 in 378,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2013: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 505,435 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tyge sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 505,435 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tyge. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tyges were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tyge was born before 2003 — so the typical Tyge is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 41.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 77.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 72; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 41.7% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Tyge rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1972 (9)
Years since peak: 53; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,599; 1972

Spellings of Tyge

Tyge is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 43.7% against Tyge's <0.01%.

Tyler43.7%603,970
Kyle35.2%485,780
Gage4.4%60,809
Lyle4.3%59,190
Ty3.4%47,607
Tate2.0%27,400
Sage1.1%15,762
Tyree1.1%14,835

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tyge around the world

Where Tyge ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2008–2008
#726
in 2008

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tyge by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,599; 1972
Peak year: 1972; 9 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2013
All-time count: 72
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tyge

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tyga Tyger Sayge Tygh Kayge Tyghe Tygan Gayge

Sibling names for Tyge

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicola Latonia Jenni Nicki Sharla Niki Charisse Melonie

For a brother

Shon Shelton Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo Demond Scottie

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