Tysen vs Tyshaun
American parents have registered 1,981 Tyshauns since 1880, against 1,678 Tysens. But in 2025 it was Tysen that was commoner, 24 babies to 8.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Tysen Tyshaun
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 52 years in which either name was published, Tyshaun for 27 years and Tysen for 25 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1974–1983 Tysen ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1988–2008 Tyshaun ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2009–2023 Tysen ahead, apart from 2 short spells
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Tysen | Tyshaun | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,678 | 1,981 |
| Most in one year | 93 | 109 |
| Babies in 2025 | 24 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 1,600 | 1,900 |
| Median age today | 17 | 20 |
| Peak year | 2010 | 2006 |
| Best rank | 1,665th boys | 1,427th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,249th | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1974 | 1977 |
| Girls / boys | 10 / 1,668 | 5 / 1,976 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Tyshauns alive today are over 20; half the Tysens are over 17. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Tysen Utah (17.6×), Washington (5.5×), Minnesota (5.4×)
- Tyshaun North Carolina (5.4×), Virginia (5.3×), South Carolina (4.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Tysen and Tyshaun.