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Tynia vs Tynlee

American parents have registered 576 Tynias since 1880, against 455 Tynlees. But in 2025 it was Tynlee that was commoner, 9 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Tynia against Tynlee, 1880 to 2025 0 13 25 38 50 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Tynia Tynlee

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 58 years in which either name was published, Tynia for 42 years and Tynlee for 16 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Tynia Tynlee
Total US births 576455
Most in one year 3249
Babies in 2025 under 59
Estimated living today 560450
Median age today 2710
Peak year 20042016
Best rank 4,287th girls3,280th girls
Rank in 2025 unranked10,107th
First recorded 19582010
Girls / boys 576 / 0455 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Tynias alive today are over 27; half the Tynlees are over 10. That is 17 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Tynia and Tynlee.