Meaning and history
From an English surname, originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison meaning "firebrand". A famous bearer of the surname is boxer Mike Tyson (1966-). This was a rare given name in America before 1960, but it increased in popularity through the 1960s and 70s, maybe because of its similarities with names such as Tyler and Tyrone.
20062006: 1,247 births, rank #277
2007: 1,270 births, rank #269
2008: 1,400 births, rank #252
2009: 1,491 births, rank #237
2010: 1,472 births, rank #238
20112011: 1,384 births, rank #251
2012: 1,353 births, rank #264
2013: 1,321 births, rank #269
2014: 1,277 births, rank #283
2015: 1,132 births, rank #315
20162016: 1,048 births, rank #331
2017: 1,064 births, rank #321
2018: 927 births, rank #356
2019: 938 births, rank #353
2020: 841 births, rank #371
20212021: 927 births, rank #352
2022: 815 births, rank #392
2023: 809 births, rank #394
2024: 684 births, rank #457
20252025: 565 births, rank #531
Tyson moved from #457 to #531 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2009, with 1,491 births.