Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dyson

#3,609 most common boys' name of all time · #8,802 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1979–2025

Rank among boys
#3,609
Rank overall
#8,802 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,588
Since 2016
358
Peak year
2012 #1,624
Best rank
#1,624 2012
Girls Boys peak 96/yr
198020002020

Dyson first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 19 #5,101
2024 26 26 #4,133
2023 17 17 #5,538
2022 29 29 #3,819
2021 32 32 #3,539
2020 42 42 #2,865
2019 41 41 #2,975
2018 40 40 #2,971
2017 48 48 #2,625
2016 64 64 #2,159
2015 73 73 #1,995
2014 80 80 #1,850
2013 76 76 #1,873
2012 96 96 #1,624
2011 70 70 #1,981
2010 5 71 76 #1,966
2009 69 69 #2,026
2008 62 62 #2,174
2007 86 86 #1,737
2006 73 73 #1,869
2005 71 71 #1,830
2004 69 69 #1,811
2003 59 59 #1,981
2002 52 52 #2,085
2001 35 35 #2,726
2000 39 39 #2,465
1999 34 34 #2,597
1998 25 25 #3,177
1997 12 12 #5,153
1996 5 5 #9,648
1995 15 15 #4,209
1994 15 15 #4,236
1993 6 6 #8,198
1992 9 9 #5,955
1991 6 6 #7,813
1989 6 6 #7,587
1985 6 6 #6,350
1979 5 5 #6,935