girl's name
Tiffany
TIF-uh-nee
- Origin Greek
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 368,396
the United States
#879
2025 births
Tiffany is a medieval name meaning manifestation of God, given to girls born at Epiphany — a genuinely old name that now reads as thoroughly modern. It peaked in 1988 and charts in four markets.
- Tiffany is a name of Greek origin.
- Peaked in 1988, when 18,435 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 10,906 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1942.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Tiffany over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 87 |
| 1950s | 119 |
| 1960s | 8,524 |
| 1970s | 65,427 |
| 1980s | 159,292 |
| 1990s | 77,722 |
| 2000s | 20,210 |
| 2010s | 6,799 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,874 |
What Tiffany means
Tiffany means the manifestation of God, or an appearance of God. The Greek word behind it names the feast of Epiphany specifically, so it originally recorded when a child was born.
Where Tiffany comes from
Tiffany descends from the Greek Theophania — theos, God, joined to phainein, to appear — the name of the feast of Epiphany on 6 January. Medieval English and French gave the name to girls born on or near that day, in the form Tiffania or Tiphaine, and it was in ordinary use by the twelfth century. It then faded almost entirely, and its modern life comes from the New York jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany, whose surname descends from the same medieval name, and from Truman Capote's 1958 Breakfast at Tiffany's. So a name that sounds like a 1980s invention is one of the older names on this site, arriving by a long detour through a shop window.
Tiffany in use
Tiffany peaked in the United States in 1988, when 18,435 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 815th in Ireland, 857th in England and Wales on 42 births, 879th in the United States on 304 and 1703rd in France, across 368,396 lifetime births in five of the seven markets we track. Our records carry it only from 1942, so the entire measured curve belongs to the modern revival rather than to its medieval life.
How popular is Tiffany?
In 2025, Tiffany was given to 304 babies in the United States, ranking #879 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Tiffany is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Tiffany
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Tiffany also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tiffany over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Tiffany in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- French
- Tiphaine
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Tiffani Theophania
Sibling names for Tiffany
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tiffany — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Tiffany
What does the name Tiffany mean?
The manifestation of God — from Theophania, the Greek name of the feast of Epiphany.
Is Tiffany a medieval name?
Yes. It was given to girls born at Epiphany from at least the twelfth century, as Tiffania or Tiphaine.
Is the name from the jeweler?
The modern revival is. Charles Lewis Tiffany's surname descends from the same medieval name.
How popular is Tiffany?
879th in the United States, down from a 1988 peak of 18,435 births.
Is Tiffany a girl's or a boy's name?
Tiffany is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Tiffany?
Tiffany has 3 syllables.
Is Tiffany a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tiffany currently ranks #546 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.