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Tyson
Pronounced /ˈtaɪsən/
Rank in 2024
#457
Born in 2024
679
Peak year
2009 · #237
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 679 boys were named Tyson, about 1 in every 2,526.
- It peaked in 2009 with 1,491 babies, ranked #237.
- It first shows up in the records in 1912.
- 47,819 boys have been named Tyson since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Tyson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 149 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 104 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 424 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,685 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,151 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Gen Z: 17,539 babies, 0.56 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,767 babies, 0.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A variant of Tison. A nickname from Old French tison (“firebrand”). A patronymic English surname, variant of Dyson, from Dennis + -son. In the US, adopted by a German family who came to America (Germantown, PA) in 1683, originally named German Teisen "son of Theiss", which was short for Matthias. Original spellings were Theisen, Theissen, Teisen, Teison.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈtaɪsən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Tyson, CC BY-SA 4.0.