Is Tiger a boy or girl name?

Tiger is a boy’s name. Of the 1,310 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys.

Tiger

Recorded 1962–2025 · United States

Tiger was most popular in 2010, when 130 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,926 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,878, with 30 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,310 people named Tiger.

Tiger over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tiger’s peak in 2010. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tiger a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tiger is a boy’s name — 4.7% of the 1,310 Americans given it were girls and 95.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 8% girls and 92% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tiger

Where Tiger is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org