NameTides

Tyson

Tyson was the #531 boys' name in the US in 2025 (565 babies), and #1,093 in England & Wales and #336 in Canada.

Tyson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Tyson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Tyson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#531 (565)#1,093 (27)———#336 (98)——
2024#457 (684)#880 (36)——#520 (6)#237 (140)——
2023#394 (809)#719 (47)———#226 (143)——
2022#392 (815)#727 (46)#703 (3)—#509 (6)#226 (149)——
2021#352 (927)#704 (49)——#755 (3)#205 (181)——
2020#371 (841)#601 (59)#599 (4)—#496 (6)#222 (157)——
2019#353 (938)#1,001 (28)—#418 (3)#646 (4)#195 (194)——
2018#356 (927)#1,013 (28)——#749 (3)#180 (211)——
2017#321 (1,064)#1,178 (23)———#165 (226)——
2016#331 (1,048)#914 (33)——#601 (4)#176 (213)——
2015#315 (1,132)#1,673 (14)———#143 (270)——
2014#283 (1,277)#1,012 (28)———#139 (287)——
2013#269 (1,321)#882 (33)———#127 (319)——
2012#264 (1,353)#947 (31)———#119 (330)—#86 (82)
2011#251 (1,384)#1,342 (18)———#107 (368)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #238.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tyson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tyson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #606ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #438ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #427OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #572CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #441CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #398TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #315ALGeorgia: #357GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #543FL
Tyson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19869
Quebec2025#6236

Tyson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TysonCanadaBoys#33698
TysonEngland & WalesBoys#1,09327
TysonIrelandBoys—too few
TysonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TysonNSWBoys—too few
TysonScotlandBoys—too few
TysonUSGirls—too few
TysonUSBoys#531565
TysonVICBoys—too few