Tyson
Tyson was given to 565 boys in 2025, #531 among boys’ names; 48,713 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 46,800 Americans named Tyson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 13 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tyson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tyson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tyson is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
A variant of Tison. A nickname from Old French tison (“firebrand”).
A patronymic English surname, variant of Dyson, from Dennis + -son.
In the US, adopted by a German family who came to America (Germantown, PA) in 1683, originally named German Teisen “son of Theiss”, which was short for Matthias. Original spellings were Theisen, Theissen, Teisen, Teison.
/ˈtaɪsən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tyson?
#531 among boys’ names, 2025
Tyson fell from #315 in 2015 to #531 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.59 to 0.33 per 1,000.
1,491 babies in 2009, the peak
Tyson peaked in 2009, when 1,491 boys were given it, #237 among boys’ names. The 565 births of 2025 are 38% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 565 | #531 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 684 | #457 | 0.40 |
| 2023 | 809 | #394 | 0.47 |
| 2022 | 815 | #392 | 0.47 |
| 2021 | 927 | #352 | 0.53 |
| 2020 | 841 | #372 | 0.49 |
| 2019 | 938 | #353 | 0.52 |
| 2018 | 927 | #356 | 0.51 |
| 2017 | 1,064 | #321 | 0.57 |
| 2016 | 1,048 | #331 | 0.55 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,132 | #315 | 0.59 |
| 2014 | 1,277 | #283 | 0.66 |
| 2013 | 1,321 | #269 | 0.70 |
| 2012 | 1,353 | #264 | 0.71 |
| 2011 | 1,384 | #251 | 0.73 |
| 2010 | 1,472 | #238 | 0.77 |
| 2009 | 1,491 | #237 | 0.75 |
| 2008 | 1,400 | #252 | 0.69 |
| 2007 | 1,270 | #270 | 0.61 |
| 2006 | 1,247 | #277 | 0.61 |
| 2005 | 1,238 | #267 | 0.62 |
| 2004 | 1,116 | #285 | 0.56 |
| 2003 | 1,039 | #296 | 0.53 |
| 2002 | 932 | #307 | 0.48 |
| 2001 | 833 | #333 | 0.43 |
| 2000 | 819 | #335 | 0.42 |
| 1999 | 736 | #355 | 0.38 |
| 1998 | 654 | #382 | 0.34 |
| 1997 | 556 | #416 | 0.29 |
| 1996 | 505 | #445 | 0.27 |
| 1995 | 465 | #471 | 0.24 |
| 1994 | 404 | #501 | 0.21 |
| 1993 | 419 | #496 | 0.21 |
| 1992 | 366 | #531 | 0.18 |
| 1991 | 464 | #461 | 0.23 |
| 1990 | 569 | #407 | 0.28 |
| 1989 | 669 | #344 | 0.33 |
| 1988 | 937 | #251 | 0.49 |
| 1987 | 934 | #247 | 0.50 |
| 1986 | 959 | #240 | 0.52 |
| 1985 | 935 | #246 | 0.51 |
| 1984 | 925 | #239 | 0.51 |
| 1983 | 830 | #253 | 0.46 |
| 1982 | 861 | #256 | 0.47 |
| 1981 | 908 | #245 | 0.51 |
| 1980 | 912 | #244 | 0.51 |
| 1979 | 802 | #265 | 0.47 |
| 1978 | 812 | #250 | 0.49 |
| 1977 | 755 | #263 | 0.46 |
| 1976 | 680 | #280 | 0.43 |
| 1975 | 638 | #298 | 0.41 |
| 1974 | 586 | #312 | 0.37 |
| 1973 | 440 | #366 | 0.28 |
| 1972 | 268 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1971 | 241 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 175 | #616 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 107 | #758 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 84 | #811 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 77 | #821 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 58 | #959 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,124 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,158 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,192 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,185 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,681 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,430 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,860 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,256 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,786 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,815 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,643 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,819 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,033 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,244 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,361 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,939 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,749 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,993 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,693 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,023 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,730 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,300 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,551 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,638 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,312 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,463 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,519 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,705 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,647 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,110 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,235 | under 0.01 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,593 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,673 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,688 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,556 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,575 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,836 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,787 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,335 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,973 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,749 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,103 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,080 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,936 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,812 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,719 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,080 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,875 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tyson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tyson has been given almost only to boys: 318 girls in 109 years of records.
Girls and boys named Tyson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tyson, and how old are they?
46,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 48,713 Americans ever recorded as Tyson. The median Tyson alive today is 22 years old; half are between 13 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 38,788 people named Tyson (259 women and girls, 38,529 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 42,820 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 23 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 294 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 17,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tyson born?
The states with the most babies named Tyson are California, Texas and Georgia, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 52 | #581 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 36 | #776 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 33 | #368 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 32 | #555 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 25 | #438 | 0.9× |
| Minnesota | 20 | #313 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 20 | #407 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #524 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 18 | #484 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 17 | #391 | 1.2× |
Where Tyson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tyson is most over-represented in Utah: since 1912 it was given 5.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tyson with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 53,672 babies since 1880, Tyson is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 565 of their 608 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tyson
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tyson and names like it
- Compare Tyson and TysenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sTyson peaked in 2009.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tyson since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Tyson: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Tyson.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Tyson alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with TMost given first.