Tayson — #2730 US boys' name
1,064 babies named Tayson in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Tayson was born in this single decade.
68 babies were named Tayson in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tayson
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,064 babies named Tayson between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tayson currently holds the #2730 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 68 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tayson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 431 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tayson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 245 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Idaho and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tayson in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tayson 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 1,064 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.
Tayson at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tayson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2021)
- 68
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #2730 among boys.
1,064 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 68 births in a single year.
Tayson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 431 births that decade — 41% of Tayson's all-time total
Tayson decade highlights
- Peak decade 431 births
- Runner-up 302 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tayson's strongest decade
431 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Tayson by state
Where Tayson concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 245 | 23.0% |
| #2 | Idaho | | 65 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 28 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 23 | 2.2% |
| #5 | California | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.5% |
245 of 1,064 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Utah 23.0% of nationwide
- Idaho 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.2% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 23.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1996–2024 (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.