Tighe — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tighe

The Social Security Administration has registered 518 babies named Tighe between 1949 and 2023, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tighe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tighe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Tighe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tighe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tighe 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 518 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.