Tiger
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Tiger
Made familiar as a baby name via Tiger Woods, whose birth name is Eldrick. The golf star has made it a viable option for baby boys, and a handful of girls are also given the name each year in the US.
Tiger for boys#3743 US
Other wild animals like Fox, Wolf and Bear are catching on as baby names, and Tiger is a rarer option with several famous namesakes, including golf champ Tiger Woods, who was born Eldrick. Other famous Tigers include Indian actor Tiger Shroff, born Jai, and British actor Tyger Drew-Honey, who spells his name with a Y.
Chinese martial artist Tiger Hu Chen is another well-known bearer. In Chinese culture, the tiger is considered the king of the animals and a major symbol of masculine yang energy, representing power, courage, and luck.
Pronounced TY-ger.
As of October 2026, Tiger ranked #11159 for girls in US births in 2022 and #3743 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #10959 for girls in 2001 and #1260 for boys in 1998.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,361 | 33 | 17.2 |
| 2015 | #3,764 | 29 | 15.1 |
| 2016 | #3,876 | 28 | 14.8 |
| 2017 | #3,760 | 29 | 15.7 |
| 2018 | #3,514 | 32 | 17.6 |
| 2019 | #3,788 | 29 | 16.2 |
| 2020 | #3,721 | 29 | 16.8 |
| 2021 | #4,222 | 25 | 14.3 |
| 2022 | #2,265 | 64 | 36.7 |
| 2023 | #3,405 | 35 | 20.5 |
| 2024 | #4,399 | 24 | 13.9 |
| 2025 | #3,743 | 30 | 17.6 |
World rankings
Tiger for boys
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Famous Tigers
- Tiger OnitsukaBoy
Japanese jazz drummer
- Eldrick Tont "Tiger" WoodsBoy
American golfer
- Tiger "Tige" AndrewsBoy
American actor
- David James "Tiger" WilliamsBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- TigerBoy
stage name of Norman Washington Jackson, Jamaican dancehall musician
- Priest George Youngs "Tiger" SmallsBoy
American boxer and trainer
- Ernest James "Tiger" SmithBoy
English cricketer
- Theodore "Tiger" FlowersBoy
American boxer
- Jai Hemant "Tiger" ShroffBoy
Indian actor
- George Everett "Tiger" GreeneBoy
American NFL football player
- Tiger Jeet Singh (born Jagjeet Singh Hans)Boy
Indo,Canadian pro wrestler
- Tiger Ali Singh (born Gurjit Singh Hans)Boy
Indo,Canadian pro wrestler; son of Tiger Jeet Singh
- Tiger Watson (b. 2016)Boy
son of reality TV personality Paul Watson of "Whale Wars"
- Rufus Tiger Taylor (b. 1991)Boy
American musician of The Darkness; son of drummer Roger Taylor of Queen
- Marlowe Jack Tiger Mitchell (b. 2002)Boy
son of actress Lou Doillon; grandson of model Jane Birkin
- Lola Tiger Fellner (b. 2008)Boy
daughter of model Laura Bailey and Eric Fellner
Tiger in pop culture
- TigerstarGirl
Character from the Warriors series by Erin Hunter
- TigerBoy
dog in animated series "Kipper the Dog"
- Tiger GleesonBoy
character in Australian TV series "Round the Twist"
- "TigerBoy
" comic strip by Bud Blake and its main character
- TigerBoy
sidekick of Judomaster in DC Comics
- TigerBoy
dog on TV's "The Brady Bunch"
- TigerBoy
cat in the American Tail animated films
- TigerBoy
character in Ibn,e,Safi's Imran series
- Tiger JacksonBoy
character in the Tekken video games
- Tiger OwBoy
character in film "Project A Part II"
- TigerstarBoy
character from the book series "Warriors" by Erin Hunter