Tiger Boy
How popular is Tiger?
#3,657 boy name in 2025
30 baby boys were named Tiger in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
Tiger popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,657 for boys (▲ 661 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #3,650 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (130 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,243 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 92% boys, 8% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tiger counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tiger family of names ranked #2,465 for boys in 2025 (#2,593 the year before), with 39 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger | 30 | 77% |
| Tyger | 9 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tiger is most popular
Babies named Tiger per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
Tiger by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #3,304 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,311 |
| 1990s | 257 | #1,243 |
| 2000s | 364 | #2,291 |
| 2010s | 396 | #1,316 |
| 2020s | 208 | #2,242 |
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Questions
- Is Tiger a boy or girl name?
- Tiger is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Tiger were boys.
- How popular is the name Tiger?
- 30 baby boys were named Tiger in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
- When was Tiger most popular?
- Tiger peaked in 2010, when 130 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,243 in 1998.
- How many people are named Tiger?
- 1,310 babies have been named Tiger in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,291 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Tiger most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tiger was most common in Hawaii, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.