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Dyson

Boy · DY-sun · English

Dyson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Dye”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).

What does Dyson mean?

English: English surname

“son of Dye”

English surname from Dye, a medieval pet form of the woman's name Dionysia.

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DY-sun

Is Dyson a girl's or a boy's name?

Dyson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dyson in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,044among boys
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 90,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Dyson, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.

Half of all the boys named Dyson in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1979Busiest: 96 in 20122025
Dyson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202519#5,044
202426#4,069
202317#5,465
202229#3,772
202132#3,494
202042#2,845
201941#2,941
201840#2,942
201748#2,596
201664#2,145
201573#1,983
201480#1,844
201376#1,865
201296#1,616
201170#1,967
201071#1,956
200969#2,009
200862#2,160
200786#1,728
200673#1,855
200571#1,810
200469#1,801
200359#1,958
200252#2,064
200135#2,676
200039#2,421
199934#2,556
199825#3,089
199712#4,954
19965#9,008
199515#4,046
199415#4,088
19936#7,631
19929#5,652
19916#7,263
19900–
19896#6,934
19880–
19870–
19860–
19856#5,780
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19795#6,054

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