# Tiger (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tiger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,310 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,248 / 62 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 468, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | 13,050 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,960 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14,409 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,981 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16,604 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,225 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,686 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,408 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,166 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,976 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,992 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,257 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,765 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,877 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,761 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,515 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,789 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,722 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,223 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,266 |
| 2023 | 36 | 3,337 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4,418 |
| 2025 | 30 | 3,743 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Tiger

- Tiger Tyson, American pornographic actor
- Tige Andrews, American actor (1920-2007)
- Emma Schweiger, German actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.