How rare is the name Tyson?

38,788 people in the United States have the first name Tyson, about 1 in 7,787. It ranks #1,071 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TYSON

#1,071

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
38,788
About
1 in 7,787
This common or more
71%
Who bears it

Of the 38,788 people named Tyson, 64.4% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Black and 8.4% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tyson peaked in 2009, when 1,491 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
1,491
In 2025*
565 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 48,713 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Tyson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #536. The largest share of babies named Tyson, 36.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#5,16965
1920s#5,62691
1930s#6,65848
1940s#4,773111
1950s#4,264174
1960s#2,438559
1970s#7285,493
1980s#5368,980
1990s#9285,169
2000s#56611,425
2010s#56211,952
2020s#8294,646
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–8013.9%
Millennials 1981–9623.1%
Generation Z 1997–1236.2%
2013 and later25.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Tyson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tyson has been most common in Utah (9.4×), Idaho (6.7×), and Hawaii (3.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.24×).

46,068 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Tyson

#1,069 Myles · 38,830#1,070 Emmett · 38,818#1,072 Ramiro · 38,754#1,073 Jazmin · 38,716

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tyson, most common first.

#9,939 Tysen · 1,367#12,409 Tyshon · 1,003#34,840 Tyjon · 233#35,980 Tyeson · 222

Also a last name

As a last name, Tyson ranks #1,240 of 156,621, with 27,872 people. See Tyson as a last name

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