Tuff
Tuff was the 3444th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2349th with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 920 places. More babies were named Tuff in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,444 boys, down 1,079 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 34boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202261 babies
- Total since 1880
- 908babies recorded
Tuff popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,444 | 34 |
| 2020 | #2,365 | 57 |
| 2010 | #3,802 | 28 |
| 2000 | #8,149 | 8 |
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How popular is Tuff, counting every spelling?
Tuff is the most common spelling of a name family that had 34 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 34 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuff | 34 | #3,444 | 237 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tuff?
34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tuff (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tuff born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tuff.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tuff?
About 900 people born in the US named Tuff are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Tuff a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tuff by state
How common Tuff was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.0×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tuff: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tuff, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tuff
How popular is the name Tuff?
Tuff was the 3444th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2349th with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 920 places. More babies were named Tuff in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Tuff a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tuff in the US.
Where is Tuff most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tuff was most common in Oklahoma (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Utah.