Name profile

Tyrone

This name comes from the name of a county in Northern Ireland, which is derived from Irish Gaelic Tir Eoghain meaning "land of Eoghan ".

PronunciationEnglish /taɪ.ˈɹoʊn/
Usage languagesAfrican American, English
US rank (2025)#1,388

Meaning and history

Tyrone is a name taken from the county in Northern Ireland, whose name comes from the Irish Gaelic Tir Eoghain, meaning “land of Eoghan.” It became more widely known through the American actor Tyrone Power (1914–1958), who was named after his great-grandfather, an Irish actor.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 434 births, rank #574
2007: 416 births, rank #604
2008: 372 births, rank #654
2009: 356 births, rank #681
2010: 327 births, rank #713
20112011: 272 births, rank #805
2012: 285 births, rank #793
2013: 284 births, rank #794
2014: 270 births, rank #835
2015: 233 births, rank #918
20162016: 201 births, rank #1,011
2017: 204 births, rank #995
2018: 174 births, rank #1,117
2019: 159 births, rank #1,202
2020: 165 births, rank #1,166
20212021: 137 births, rank #1,349
2022: 121 births, rank #1,496
2023: 149 births, rank #1,288
2024: 144 births, rank #1,332
20252025: 132 births, rank #1,388

Tyrone moved from #921 to #995 for boys between 2015 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 2,530 births.