Tyson Boy
How popular is Tyson?
#531 boy name in 2025
565 baby boys were named Tyson in the US in 2025, making it the 531st most popular boy name.
Tyson popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #531 for boys (▼ 74 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 565 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #315 in 2015, #371 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (1,491 boys) |
| Highest rank | #237 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tyson counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tyson family of names ranked #501 for boys in 2025 (#434 the year before), with 589 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tyson | 565 | 96% |
| Tysen | 24 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tyson is most popular
Babies named Tyson per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.6 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Alabama: 1.0 per 1,000 (110 boys)
- Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- South Dakota: 1.0 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Idaho: 1.0 per 1,000 (39 boys)
Tyson by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 65 | #1,944 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,239 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,443 |
| 1940s | 111 | #1,645 |
| 1950s | 174 | #1,610 |
| 1960s | 559 | #756 |
| 1970s | 5,397 | #250 |
| 1980s | 8,870 | #239 |
| 1990s | 5,138 | #355 |
| 2000s | 11,385 | #237 |
| 2010s | 11,916 | #238 |
| 2020s | 4,641 | #352 |
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Questions
- Is Tyson a boy or girl name?
- Tyson is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tyson were boys.
- How popular is the name Tyson?
- 565 baby boys were named Tyson in the US in 2025, making it the 531st most popular boy name.
- When was Tyson most popular?
- Tyson peaked in 2009, when 1,491 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #237 in 2009.
- How many people are named Tyson?
- 48,713 babies have been named Tyson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 46,952 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Tyson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tyson was most common in Hawaii, at 1.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.