Tiki — unisex name
356 babies named Tiki in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Tiki was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Tiki in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tiki
The Social Security Administration has registered 356 babies named Tiki between 1960 and 1990, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tiki currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Tiki is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tiki performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tiki shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tiki in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tiki 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 356 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.
Tiki at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tiki popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1960
- Peak year (1975)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
356 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 32 births in a single year.
Tiki popularity over time — boys
23 total births recorded since 2003 (Tiki as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tiki accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tiki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 209 births that decade — 59% of Tiki's all-time total
Tiki decade highlights
- Peak decade 209 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tiki's strongest decade
209 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Tiki by state
Where Tiki concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 11 | 3.1% |
11 of 356 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 3.1% 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, 1960–1990 (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.