How Many People Are Named Tiger?
people named Tiger are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 264,949 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,310 babies named Tiger in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
130 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the large striped cat, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek τιγρις (tigris), ultimately of Iranian origin. A famous bearer is American golfer Tiger Woods (1975-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tiger, 4.8% were girls and 95.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tiger alive today is about 17 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tiger first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 2010, to 130 babies. In 2025, 30 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tiger has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,257, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #3,742.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,742 |
| Best rank | #1,257 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,961 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tiger alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tiger were born in California than in any other state: about 203 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tiger was given 4.3 times as often in California and 1.7 times in Texas.
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