Given name
Tyke
“one who is determined”
Tyke is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is determined.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is determined.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tyke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 212
- 212 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −74%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tyke
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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