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Tyree

#1,822 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Scottish surname transferred into given-name use

Tyree has been given to 15,570 babies in the U.S. since 1905. In 2025 it ranked #1,822 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 600 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Tyree, 2025

1 in 37,700

Tyree over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tyree over time

In 2025, Tyree went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19052025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tyree: meaning, origin, and history

Scottish surname transferred into given-name use

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tyree means

Tyree is a short form of McIntyre.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Tyree is used in African American.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈtaɪ.ɹi/ for Tyree.

The naming story behind Tyree

Tyree is a given name adopted from Scottish surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Origin, language, and formation

Tyree is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include McIntyre.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,835 boys were recorded with the name Tyree between 1905 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 600 in 1998; its best national rank was #407 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,372 in 2020 to #1,822 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,010 in 2015 to #1,822 in 2025.

In the United States, 735 girls were recorded with the name Tyree between 1928 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1993; its best national rank was #2,777 in 1977.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tyree?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 37,700
88 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 19,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,822
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
26,114 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tyree 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 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 26,114 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tyree. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tyrees were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tyree was born before 1997 — so the typical Tyree is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
29.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
39.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
14,167
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 29.6% of all recorded uses (4,390).

Is Tyree 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
−150
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−450
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−812
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.43×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.7%
Peak was 1998 (600)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
7.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#407
1998

Spellings of Tyree

Tyree is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 68.5% against Tyree's 1.7%.

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.

Where Tyree is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Tyree was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 5,556 boys, against 1 in 13,469 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

118 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 5,556
  2. 2Ohio1 in 6,667
  3. 3District of Columbia1 in 7,143
  4. 4Missouri1 in 7,692
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 7,692
  6. 6Florida1 in 9,091
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 9,091
  8. 8Georgia1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Tyree is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tyree was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,000,798 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tyree has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tyree around the world

Where Tyree 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.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    2006–2006
    #584
    in 2006
  • Canada
    1992–2020
    #2,945
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2001–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Tyree

People whose public names include Tyree, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Tyree by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,822
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 450
Best rank ever
#407
1998
Peak year
1998
600 that year
First recorded
1905
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,835
Count in 2025
88

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,777
1977
Peak year
1993
36 that year
First recorded
1928
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
735
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Tyree

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

TyronTyrellTyrusTyreseTyrelKyreeTyranTyrekTyrenTyrinTyriqTyrikTyroneTyreekTyreTyrieTyrekeTyrisTyriceTyreeseTyriqueTyricTyrionTyrece

Names with a curve like Tyree

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Tyree, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DeshawnNigelBrendonDavonKeenanEstevanGermanDonavanDarianDevanBriceOsvaldo

Sibling names for Tyree

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

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