Boys' name · since 1987
Tison
221 babies named Tison in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,373 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 221
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tison sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 221 recorded since 1987.
Tison has 221 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2024.
- #12,373 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 221 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tison ranks #12,373 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 221 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,373 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 221
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tison's 221 recorded births place it above 72.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tison's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tison popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Tison by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (95 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Tison's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Tison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 95 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Tison's decade-level peak was the 2000s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tison: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tison draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.