Girls' name · since 1974
Tiffy
Tiffy has 24 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tiffy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 24 have been recorded since 1974.
Tiffy has 24 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1981.
- #43,847 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiffy ranks #43,847 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #43,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tiffy's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tiffy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tiffy's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tiffy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Tiffy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (13 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Tiffy's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Tiffy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tiffy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tiffy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.