Tuff
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TUF
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Tuff is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “tough, strong”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Tuff mean?
English: respelling of the English word tough
“tough, strong”
Is Tuff a girl's or a boy's name?
Tuff is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tuff in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Tuff, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,346th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Tuff than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Tuff in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tuff in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,324 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,346 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
Names like Tuff
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Zayd Tatum Musa Saif Hamza Zahir Zayn Zamir Yusuf Reef Tripp
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tuff: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tuff, updated 20 October 2026.