Given name & surname
Tynan
“one who is dark and dusty”
Tynan is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is dark and dusty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is dark and dusty.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tynan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 731
- 731 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,732 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,732 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 725 as a first name in 2020; 1,957 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.
Tynan’s family of names
Tynan has a related form in Tynell. Tynan has a related form in Tienan. Tynan has a related form in Tynen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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