Boys' name · since 1949
Tighe
524 babies named Tighe in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,858 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 524
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tighe currently ranks #10858 among boys' names in America, with 524 babies recorded since 1949.
Tighe has 524 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10858 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #7,686 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,858 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 524 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tighe ranks #7,686 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,858 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 524 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,858 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 524
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tighe's 524 recorded births place it above 83.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
How Tighe compares
524 Top 43% higher than 57% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tighe's all-time total is 42% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tighe | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 524 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tighe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tighe's full recorded timeline at 1998, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tighe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Tighe by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (122 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Tighe's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Tighe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 9
1940s
9 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
92 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 122 births (23% of all-time use).
How Tighe compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Tighe's total volume
Tighe by state
Where Tighe concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 524 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tighe's data
- Tighe's decade-level peak was the 2000s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Massachusetts records the most Tighes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tighe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Tighe 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.