Total births
36
Recorded 2011–2018 Boys' name Peak 2016 36 births
Tyga — boys' name
36 babies named Tyga in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Tyga was born in this single decade.
2016
Single peak year
9 babies were named Tyga in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tyga
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Tyga between 2011 and 2018, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tyga currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyga performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tyga 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 36 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.
Tyga at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
2016
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2011
Tyga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2011
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Tyga by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 36 births that decade — 100% of Tyga's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Tyga? ▼
36 babies have been named Tyga since 2011. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2016 with 9 births.
When was Tyga most popular? ▼
Tyga was most popular in the 2010s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Tyga been used? ▼
Tyga has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 8 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Tyga? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tyger, Tyge, Tyghe, Tygh, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Tyga
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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, 2011–2018 (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.