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Tyron

A Tyrone variant from Irish Tír Eoghain, meaning “land of Eoghan.”

US rank (2025)#3,450

Meaning and history

Tyron is a modern English spelling variant of Tyrone. Tyrone comes from the name of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, from Irish Tír Eoghain, meaning “land of Eoghan.” The personal name Eoghan has an uncertain deeper etymology. The place-name surname later entered given-name use, especially in English-speaking countries. Notable bearers include German professional boxer Tyron Zeuge and South African rugby player Tyron Smith.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 121 births, rank #1,345
2007: 122 births, rank #1,365
2008: 97 births, rank #1,613
2009: 113 births, rank #1,472
2010: 106 births, rank #1,525
20112011: 88 births, rank #1,687
2012: 99 births, rank #1,588
2013: 72 births, rank #1,931
2014: 68 births, rank #2,063
2015: 46 births, rank #2,641
20162016: 50 births, rank #2,518
2017: 62 births, rank #2,170
2018: 56 births, rank #2,355
2019: 55 births, rank #2,421
2020: 45 births, rank #2,728
20212021: 43 births, rank #2,862
2022: 44 births, rank #2,873
2023: 44 births, rank #2,848
2024: 46 births, rank #2,789
20252025: 33 births, rank #3,450

Tyron moved from #887 to #906 for boys between 1999 and 2001. Its highest annual birth count came in 1990, with 202 births.