Tyson
Boy · TY-son · English
Tyson is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 531st for boys in the US (565 babies).
What does Tyson mean?
English: from an English surname, possibly from Old French tison, firebrand
Originally an English surname, perhaps a nickname for a hot-headed person or derived from Dye, a medieval short form of Dionysia.
- Say it
- TY-son
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Is Tyson a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 565 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tyson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Tyson, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 628th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 63 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Tyson than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Tyson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Tyson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 36 | #942 |
| 2023 | 49 | #760 |
| 2022 | 49 | #752 |
| 2021 | 51 | #754 |
| 2020 | 63 | #628 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,067 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,197 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 34 | #938 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,022 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Tyson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #531among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 565about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 565 boys in the US were named Tyson, making it the 531st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 371st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,491 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Tyson than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Tyson in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 628 boys in the US were given Tyson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #484, up from #531 for this spelling alone.
Tyson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 565 | #531 |
| 2024 | 684 | #457 |
| 2023 | 809 | #394 |
| 2022 | 815 | #392 |
| 2021 | 927 | #352 |
| 2020 | 841 | #371 |
| 2019 | 938 | #353 |
| 2018 | 927 | #356 |
| 2017 | 1,064 | #321 |
| 2016 | 1,048 | #331 |
| 2015 | 1,132 | #315 |
| 2014 | 1,277 | #283 |
| 2013 | 1,321 | #269 |
| 2012 | 1,353 | #264 |
| 2011 | 1,384 | #251 |
| 2010 | 1,472 | #238 |
| 2009 | 1,491 | #237 |
| 2008 | 1,400 | #252 |
| 2007 | 1,270 | #269 |
| 2006 | 1,247 | #277 |
| 2005 | 1,238 | #267 |
| 2004 | 1,116 | #285 |
| 2003 | 1,039 | #296 |
| 2002 | 932 | #307 |
| 2001 | 833 | #332 |
| 2000 | 819 | #335 |
| 1999 | 736 | #355 |
| 1998 | 654 | #382 |
| 1997 | 556 | #415 |
| 1996 | 505 | #444 |
| 1995 | 465 | #471 |
| 1994 | 404 | #500 |
| 1993 | 419 | #496 |
| 1992 | 366 | #529 |
| 1991 | 464 | #461 |
| 1990 | 569 | #406 |
| 1989 | 669 | #343 |
| 1988 | 937 | #251 |
| 1987 | 934 | #246 |
| 1986 | 959 | #240 |
| 1985 | 935 | #245 |
| 1984 | 925 | #239 |
| 1983 | 830 | #253 |
| 1982 | 861 | #256 |
| 1981 | 908 | #245 |
| 1980 | 912 | #244 |
| 1979 | 802 | #263 |
| 1978 | 812 | #250 |
| 1977 | 755 | #262 |
| 1976 | 680 | #278 |
| 1975 | 638 | #298 |
| 1974 | 586 | #312 |
| 1973 | 440 | #366 |
| 1972 | 268 | #479 |
| 1971 | 241 | #524 |
| 1970 | 175 | #613 |
| 1969 | 107 | #756 |
| 1968 | 84 | #809 |
| 1967 | 77 | #818 |
| 1966 | 58 | #950 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Nicknames for Tyson
- Ty 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tyson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Tyson
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