Tifany — girls' name
960 babies named Tifany in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Tifany was born in this single decade.
66 babies were named Tifany in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tifany
The Social Security Administration has registered 960 babies named Tifany between 1966 and 2013, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tifany currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 66 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tifany performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 376 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tifany shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Tifany in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tifany in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 960 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tifany at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tifany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1966
- Peak year (1982)
- 66
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
960 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 66 births in a single year.
Tifany by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 376 births that decade — 39% of Tifany's all-time total
Tifany decade highlights
- Peak decade 376 births
- Runner-up 240 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tifany's strongest decade
376 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Tifany by state
Where Tifany concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 30 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
30 of 960 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.5% of nationwide
- New York 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.