Tyson — #459 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tyson

The Social Security Administration has registered 47,819 babies named Tyson between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tyson currently holds the #459 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 1,491 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11,909 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Tyson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,979 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tyson in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tyson 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 47,819 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.