Dyson — #4117 US boys' name
1,564 babies named Dyson in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Dyson was born in this single decade.
96 babies were named Dyson in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dyson
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,564 babies named Dyson between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dyson currently holds the #4117 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 96 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dyson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 659 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dyson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 98 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Dyson in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dyson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,564 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dyson at a glance
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Current rank
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Dyson popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2012)
- 96
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #4117 among boys.
1,564 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 96 births in a single year.
Dyson popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2010 (Dyson as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dyson accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dyson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 659 births that decade — 42% of Dyson's all-time total
Dyson decade highlights
- Peak decade 659 births
- Runner-up 615 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dyson's strongest decade
659 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Dyson by state
Where Dyson concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 98 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 35 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Utah | | 35 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 23 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #7 | California | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 1.0% |
98 of 1,564 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.2% of nationwide
- Utah 2.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dyson appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.