Tyshawn — #3412 US boys' name
5,231 babies named Tyshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Tyshawn was born in this single decade.
224 babies were named Tyshawn in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tyshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,231 babies named Tyshawn between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tyshawn currently holds the #3412 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 224 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,963 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tyshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 961 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Tyshawn in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tyshawn 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 5,231 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.
Tyshawn at a glance
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Current rank
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Tyshawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2008)
- 224
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #3412 among boys.
5,231 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 224 births in a single year.
Tyshawn popularity over time — girls
134 total births recorded since 1972 (Tyshawn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tyshawn accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tyshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,963 births that decade — 38% of Tyshawn's all-time total
Tyshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,963 births
- Runner-up 1,401 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tyshawn's strongest decade
1,963 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Tyshawn by state
Where Tyshawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 961 | 18.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 425 | 8.1% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 301 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 284 | 5.4% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 265 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 239 | 4.6% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 235 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 178 | 3.4% |
961 of 5,231 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 18.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 8.1% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.4% of nationwide
- South Carolina 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 18.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tyshawn appears in 23 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, 1972–2024 (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.