Tyger
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY-ger
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Tyger is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “tiger”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Tyger mean?
English: old spelling of tiger, ultimately from Greek tigris
“tiger”
Recalls William Blake's poem The Tyger (1794), which opens 'Tyger Tyger, burning bright'.
Is Tyger a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tyger in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tyger in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyger in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Tyger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Tyger, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Tyger in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
Nicknames for Tyger
- Ty 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tyger
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cooper Brody Carter Hunter Finn River Parker Kayden Riley Aiden Rowan Ryder
Names related to Tyger
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tyger: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tyger, updated 20 October 2026.