Tyrone

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tyrone: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tyrone: Recorded since 1971, it reached #84 in 2000, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#84highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#245
1997	#237
1998	#225
1999	#241
2000	#282
2001	#297
2002	#347
2003	#324
2004	#424
2005	#409
2006	#528
2007	#400
2008	#527
2009	#654
2010	#774
2011	#907
2012	#671
2013	#1024
2014	#1012
2015	#1186
2016	#1050
2017	#1398
2018	#1455
2019	#1506
2020	#1431
2021	#1688
2022	#1879
2023	#2546
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 43 years from 1971 to 2013.

In 2013: #479 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1024 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #257 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1995–2001
Highest recorded position: #84 among boys in New Zealand, in 2000 (recorded 1995–2001).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tyrone appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 203 births with the name.

Tyrone across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tyrone's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#257 (1971)	#169 (1999)	#479 (2013)	35 of 43	203 (1971–2013)	17 (1999)
England and Wales · Boys	#245 (1996)	#225 (1998)	#2088 (2024)	29 of 29	1,585 (1996–2024)	135 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#192 (1997)	#163 (1998)	#305 (2004)	6 of 8	31 (1997–2004)	10 (1998)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (1995)	#84 (2000)	#91 (2001)	4 of 7	231 (1995–2001)	59 (2000)

Tyrone by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tyrone in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	30	7 of 10	4
1980s	26	6 of 10	4
1990sbusiest	64	9 of 10	7
2000s	71	10 of 10	7
2010s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Tyrone appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #84 in New Zealand in 2000.

Tyrone's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1012	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1024	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#671	50	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#907	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#774	38	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#654	48	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#527	64	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#400	90	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#528	56	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#409	73	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#424	65	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#324	86	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#347	73	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#297	92	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#282	97	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#241	126	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#225	135	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#237	126	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#245	117	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#91	59	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#84	59	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#88	57	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#95	56	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#163	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	17	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #84, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 135 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1995, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tyrique · #543, 15y
Tyron · #511, 26y
Tyson · #82, 33y
Tytus · #699, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kamil · #86, 51y
Caragh · #80, 47y
Mateusz · #80, 48y
Kiera · #91, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ewan · #84, 32y
Renae · #83, 34y
Abel · #82, 43y
Cleo · #82, 39y

Tyrone was ranked #84 in New Zealand · Boys in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tyrone and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tyrone without appearing here.

Tyrone moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #3254.
Gary Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2546 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #2671.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #479 and #711.
Craig Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #2263.

Moved ahead of Tyrone

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1461.
Wayne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1610.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Tyrone

Aaron Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 while Aaron went from #204 to #24.
Adam Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 while Adam went from #164 to #6.
Alexander Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 while Alexander went from #120 to #39.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 while Benjamin went from #184 to #68.

Moved the same way as Tyrone

Adrian Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 and Adrian from #52 to #161.
Alfred Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 and Alfred from #257 to #383.
Denis Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 and Denis from #30 to #161.
Edward Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tyrone went from #257 to #479 and Edward from #23 to #96.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #84 in New Zealand in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tyrone

Tyrone at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tyrone across 4 official records

Tyrone by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tyrone appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Tyrone

Tyrone and the names beside it

Tyrone moved ahead of

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Tyrone at a glance

Tyrone across 4 official records

Tyrone by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tyrone appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Tyrone

Tyrone and the names beside it

Tyrone moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tyrone

Moved the opposite way to Tyrone

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