boy's name

Tyga

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 57

Tyga is a boy's name. In 2018 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2016, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2011.

Tyga over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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Births named Tyga by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2010s (to 2018) 36

How popular is Tyga?

In 2018, Tyga was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tyga is used

England & Wales #6,323 3 in 2023
United States #12,027 6 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Tyga

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tyga also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tyga over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tyga

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tyga — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tyga

How popular is the name Tyga?

In 2018, Tyga was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Tyga a girl's or a boy's name?

Tyga is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Tyga most popular?

Tyga peaked in 2016, when 9 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.