Tikhon
Tikhon is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin, related to Western European Tycho.Tikhon Bernstam, American Internet entrepreneur Tikhon Chicherin (1869–1904), Russian entomologist Tikhon Dzyadko, Russian journalist Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007), Soviet composer Tikhon Kiselyov (1917–1983), Soviet Belarusian statesman Tikhon Moiseev, Russian mathematician Tikhon Streshnev (1649–1719), Russian…
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Tikhon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tikhon is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin, related to Western European Tycho.Tikhon Bernstam, American Internet entrepreneur Tikhon Chicherin (1869–1904), Russian entomologist Tikhon Dzyadko, Russian journalist Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007), Soviet composer Tikhon Kiselyov (1917–1983), Soviet Belarusian statesman Tikhon Moiseev, Russian mathematician Tikhon Streshnev (1649–1719), Russian…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Tikhon
Tikhon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2016, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 6 births, good for #10,743 nationwide. About 52% of every Tikhon on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Tikhon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Tikhon
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- Token
- Talkin
- Toxin
- Toucan
- Tucan
- Tigon
- Taction
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Tikhon
Tikhon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2016 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Tikhon's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #10,743. Use the chart and map above to compare Tikhon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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