Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tighe

#7,085 most common boys' name of all time · #17,804 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1949–2025

Rank among boys
#7,085
Rank overall
#17,804 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
524
Since 2016
66
Peak year
1979 #2,417
Best rank
#2,415 1977
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
1960198020002020

Tighe first appears in 1949. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,880
2023 — 8 8 #9,057
2022 — 6 6 #11,084
2021 — 6 6 #10,998
2020 — 8 8 #8,864
2019 — 10 10 #7,745
2018 — 6 6 #10,964
2017 — 10 10 #7,668
2016 — 6 6 #10,961
2015 — 13 13 #6,381
2014 — 9 9 #8,245
2013 — 10 10 #7,654
2012 — 15 15 #5,776
2011 — 12 12 #6,662
2010 — 11 11 #7,171
2009 — 18 18 #5,144
2008 — 14 14 #6,135
2007 — 10 10 #7,706
2006 — 13 13 #6,173
2005 — 11 11 #6,739
2004 — 16 16 #5,074
2003 — 12 12 #5,962
2002 — 12 12 #5,810
2001 — 8 8 #7,706
2000 — 8 8 #7,577
1999 — 10 10 #6,181
1998 — 11 11 #5,566
1997 — 9 9 #6,243
1996 — 10 10 #5,667
1995 — 15 15 #4,123
1994 — 7 7 #7,159
1993 — 8 8 #6,397
1991 — 5 5 #8,596
1990 — 9 9 #5,518
1989 — 6 6 #7,256
1988 — 7 7 #5,984
1987 — 7 7 #5,687
1985 — 6 6 #6,014
1983 — 7 7 #5,107
1982 — 11 11 #3,838
1981 — 12 12 #3,510
1980 — 19 19 #2,585
1979 — 20 20 #2,417
1978 — 10 10 #3,730
1977 — 19 19 #2,415
1976 — 8 8 #4,219
1975 — 11 11 #3,351
1974 — 7 7 #4,417
1973 — 7 7 #4,275
1972 — 5 5 #5,348
1970 — 5 5 #5,126
1956 — 6 6 #3,873
1949 — 9 9 #2,801