Tiffay — girls' name
139 babies named Tiffay in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
139 girls have been named Tiffay since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1988.
- 139
- total births
- 1974–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 84%
- born in that decade
84% of everyone ever named Tiffay was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Tiffay in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tiffay
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Tiffay between 1974 and 1988, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tiffay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tiffay performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tiffay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tiffay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tiffay 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 139 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.
Tiffay at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tiffay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1974
- Peak year (1987)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
139 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 28 births in a single year.
Tiffay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 117 births that decade — 84% of Tiffay's all-time total
Tiffay decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tiffay's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 84% of all-time use.
Tiffay by state
Where Tiffay concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.6% |
5 of 139 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.6% 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, 1974–1988 (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.