girls:
59 births since 1983
#5657 (1st percentile)
boys:
427 births since 1988
#4159 (9th percentile)
overall:
486 births since 1983
#7253 (6th percentile)
The name Tyger is the #7,253 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 486 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,159 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 427 births since 1988. For girls, it ranks #5,657 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 59 births since 1983.
Tyger first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 1988 for boys). Birth data for Tyger is available in 35 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tyger has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Tyger were boys. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for girls (89.1% girls from 1983 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.7% boys from 1990 to 2023).
For boys, Tyger reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #766) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tyger ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 21.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tyger reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #751) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tyger".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Tyger. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Tyger is pronounced as TAI-ger, which has 2 syllables.
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