Name meaning & stats
Tyson
Tyson means “firebrand (debated)”. 48,509 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.
What it means
“firebrand (debated)”
Debated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2009
48,509 US babies were named Tyson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Tyson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 92% of the family
- Tyson 92%
- Tysen 3%
- Tysean 2%
- Tycen 1%
- Tyeson <1%
- Tison <1%
- Tysin <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2009)