Tyson

What Tyson means

Means “firebrand”

A nickname from Old French tison (“firebrand”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Tyson” (revision 94544260), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Tyson?

US: Falling: down from #315 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1673 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 1,472 boys got the name (#238 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 3,023 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,072 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (1.98 per 1,000 boys), ID (1.16 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.92 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Tyson is #531 in the US and #1093 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Tyson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tayson35 US
• Tycen28 US
• Tysen24 US
• Dayson24 US
• Dyson19 US
• Taysen11 US
• Taison11 US
• Deyson6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Tison
• Dyson
• Theisen
• Theissen
• Teisen
• Teissen
• Teison

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Tyson

Boys

• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Landon#127“long + hill”^*
• Rylan#416possibly “rye field”^*
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carson#124“rock”^*

For a sister

• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Ainsley#483Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #483 vs #2,440 in 2025
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025
• Hayden#437“hay + valley”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tyson’s. Rank is US 2025.