Tyger — #6975 US boys' name
439 babies named Tyger in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Tyger was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Tyger in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tyger
The Social Security Administration has registered 439 babies named Tyger between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tyger currently holds the #6975 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Tyger is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 59 additional births since 1983.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyger performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tyger shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tyger 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 439 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.
Tyger at a glance
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Current rank
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Tyger popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (1997)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #6975 among boys.
439 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 31 births in a single year.
Tyger popularity over time — girls
59 total births recorded since 1983 (Tyger as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tyger accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tyger by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 151 births that decade — 34% of Tyger's all-time total
Tyger decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tyger's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1988–2024 (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.