Tiffany — #840 US girls' name
338,560 babies named Tiffany in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Tiffany was born in this single decade.
18,363 babies were named Tiffany in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tiffany
The Social Security Administration has registered 338,560 babies named Tiffany between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tiffany currently holds the #840 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 18,363 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tiffany performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 158,625 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tiffany shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37,556 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Tiffany in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tiffany 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 338,560 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.
Tiffany at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Tiffany popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1942
- Peak year (1988)
- 18,363
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
Currently ranks #840 among girls.
338,560 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 18,363 births in a single year.
Tiffany popularity over time — boys
1,191 total births recorded since 1962 (Tiffany as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tiffany accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tiffany by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 158,625 births that decade — 47% of Tiffany's all-time total
Tiffany decade highlights
- Peak decade 158,625 births
- Runner-up 77,534 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tiffany's strongest decade
158,625 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Tiffany by state
Where Tiffany concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37,556 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 26,159 | 7.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 22,155 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 18,334 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 16,990 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 15,243 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 13,008 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 12,648 | 3.7% |
37,556 of 338,560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- New York 6.5% of nationwide
- Florida 5.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tiffany appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1942–2024 (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.