boys:
318 births since 1976
#4268 (7th percentile)
overall:
318 births since 1976
#7421 (4th percentile)
The name Tyee is the #7,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 318 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,268 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 318 births since 1976.
Tyee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Tyee is available in 27 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Tyee reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #795) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tyee ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 53.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tyee".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Tyee", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ty" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ty..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tyee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.6% confident that Tyee is pronounced as TAI-ee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tee, at 17.1% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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