Given name & surname
Tye
“from the fenced-in pasture”
Tye is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the fenced-in pasture.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the fenced-in pasture.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tye is a variant of Tyler. The history of Tyler gives this family its wider story. Tyler’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,580
- 5,222 boys · 358 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 179 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #3,306 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 94% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,306 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 170 in 2006. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,259 as a first name in 2020; 3,647 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tye’s family of names
Tye has a related form in Tyler. Tye has a related form in Tie. Tye has a related form in Teyen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tye
- Tye SheridanAmerican actor (born 1996)
- Tye McGinnCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1990
- Tye FieldsAmerican basketball player (born 1975)
- Tye HarveyAmerican pole vaulterborn 1974
- Tye KartyeCanadian ice hockey playerborn 2001
- Tye SmithAmerican football playerborn 1993
- Tye RuotoloAmerican grapplerborn 2003
- Tye Leung SchulzeAmerican interpreter1887–1972
- Tye TribbettAmerican gospel artistborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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