Boys' name · since 1979
Tigh
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 34 babies named Tigh, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,010 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tigh sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 34 recorded since 1979.
Tigh has 34 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1979 to 2008.
- #25,010 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 34 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tigh ranks #25,010 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,010 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tigh's 34 recorded births place it above 44.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tigh splits its recorded history at 1982: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2008
- Peak year (1982)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Tigh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (23 births, 68% of the file).
1980s was Tigh's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Tigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Tigh's decade-level peak was the 1980s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 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, 1979–2008 (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 Tigh 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.