Tia

#1,962 for girls in 2025, 98 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1982 · 1,182 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,832
since 1944

Tia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tia has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #221, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,96298—
2024#1,708119—
2023#1,557136—
2022#1,818112—
2021#1,584132—
2020#1,353162—
2019#1,392161—
2018#1,406159—
2017#1,263187—
2016#1,380170—
2015#1,175214—
2014#1,235197—
2013#1,021244—
2012#958265—
2011#905288—
2010#986257—
2009#949281—
2008#875318—
2007#738395—
2006#600484—
2005#552521—
2004#505576—
2003#481612—
2002#435667—
2001#421674—
2000#405701—
1999#345867—
1998#314957—
1997#291984—
1996#2711,066—
1995#2701,015—
1994#296922—
1993#289952#7,6386
1992#286964—
1991#2611,069#8,2365
1990#304908—
1989#358717#5,6158
1988#361676—
1987#340721#5,4597
1986#351678#5,9266
1985#310782#6,5235
1984#305788—
1983#263913#3,88410
1982#2211,182#5,0037
1981#2461,010—
1980#2301,114#3,83810
1979#376599—
1978#401514—
1977#425475—
1976#392524—
1975#368563—
1974#457395—
1973#438438—
1972#479373—
1971#506374—
1970#512383—
1969#539332—
1968#455449—
1967#511346—
1966#470405—
1965#780162—
1964#885138—
1963#920131—
1962#873144—
1961#1,21183—
1960#1,10395—
1959#1,28170—
1958#1,15784—
1957#975113—
1956#1,96830—
1955#1,59741—
1954#2,02727—
1953#2,12224—
1952#1,93427—
1951#2,39118—
1950#3,23511—
1949#2,34018—
1948#5,2435—
1947#3,06112—
1946#3,4309—
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Tia! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tia is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedNHWashington: #170 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 839 girlsWAIdaho: #233 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,149 girlsIDMontana: #220 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 937 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #247 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,619 girlsMNIllinois: #281 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsILWisconsin: #183 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,166 girlsWIMichigan: #191 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,182 girlsMINew York: #294 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,722 girlsNYMassachusetts: #474 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,464 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedRIOregon: #155 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 786 girlsORNevada: #193 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 834 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedSDIowa: #217 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,255 girlsIAIndiana: #142 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 725 girlsINOhio: #164 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 940 girlsOHPennsylvania: #198 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsPANew Jersey: #234 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,431 girlsNJConnecticut: #395 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,978 girlsCTCalifornia: #485 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 3,102 girlsCAUtah: #262 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,372 girlsUTColorado: #164 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 758 girlsCONebraska: #265 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsNEMissouri: #226 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsMOKentucky: #259 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,658 girlsKYWest Virginia: #177 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 855 girlsWVVirginia: #202 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsVAMaryland: #104 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 481 girlsMDDelaware: #132 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 509 girlsDEArizona: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,213 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedNMKansas: #310 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,890 girlsKSArkansas: #266 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,501 girlsARTennessee: #179 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 917 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #143 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 708 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #198 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 994 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #74 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 296 girlsDCOklahoma: #214 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsOKLouisiana: #252 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,335 girlsLAMississippi: #247 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,263 girlsMSAlabama: #223 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,210 girlsALGeorgia: #210 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsGAHawaii: #244 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 839 girlsHITexas: #433 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,854 girlsTXFlorida: #161 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 860 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#74 · 1 in 296
  2. Maryland#104 · 1 in 481
  3. Delaware#132 · 1 in 509
  4. Indiana#142 · 1 in 725
  5. North Carolina#143 · 1 in 708

Best ever in a state: #68 in Hawaii, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#74191 in 296
Maryland#104421 in 481
Delaware#13261 in 509
Indiana#142511 in 725
North Carolina#143471 in 708
Oregon#155221 in 786
Florida#161601 in 860
Colorado#164261 in 758
Ohio#164781 in 940
Washington#170321 in 839
West Virginia#177141 in 855
Tennessee#179311 in 917
Wisconsin#183271 in 1,166
Michigan#191511 in 1,182
Nevada#19351 in 834
Pennsylvania#198611 in 1,130
South Carolina#198181 in 994
Virginia#202261 in 1,147
Georgia#210311 in 1,138
Oklahoma#214171 in 1,135
Iowa#217161 in 1,255
Montana#22051 in 937
Alabama#223191 in 1,210
Missouri#226251 in 1,337
Idaho#23361 in 1,149
New Jersey#234261 in 1,431
Hawaii#24461 in 839
Minnesota#247181 in 1,619
Mississippi#247131 in 1,263
Louisiana#252231 in 1,335
Kentucky#259151 in 1,658
Utah#262121 in 1,372
Nebraska#26571 in 1,538
Arkansas#26691 in 1,501
Illinois#281451 in 1,718
New York#294581 in 1,722
Kansas#31081 in 1,890
Connecticut#39551 in 2,978
Texas#433421 in 2,854
Massachusetts#47471 in 4,464
California#485561 in 3,102
Arizona#52561 in 3,213
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 254 spots since 2024 (#1,708 → #1,962)
  • 609 spots since 2020 (#1,353 → #1,962)
  • 787 spots since 2015 (#1,175 → #1,962)
  • Biggest jump: 993 spots in 1957 (#1,968 → #975)
  • Biggest drop: 182 spots in 1958 (#975 → #1,157)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1982 at #221 (1,182 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1962–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,433
  • Highest: 1 in 1,433 girls born in 1982 were named Tia (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,401 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 28.7% of all girls named Tia (9,704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s49#2,340 (1949)#3,730
1950s445#975 (1957)#1,869
1960s2,285#455 (1968)#775
1970s4,638#368 (1975)#435
1980s8,581#221 (1982)#299
1990s9,704#261 (1991)#293
2000s5,229#405 (2000)#596
2010s2,142#905 (2011)#1,172
2020s759#1,353 (2020)#1,664

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tia in 1980

girls
#230
1,114 births · 1 in 1,490 girls
boys
#3,838
10 births · 1 in 178,395 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #230Tia1,114

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #3,838Tia10
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 1,490 of them was named Tia, which outranked 98.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tia
  1. #226Traci1,131
  2. #228Kerri1,119
  3. #229Olivia1,116
  4. #230Tia1,114
  5. #230Christie1,114
  6. #232Carol1,105
  7. #233Adriana1,100
  8. #234Brianne1,088

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 178,395 of them was named Tia, which outranked 47.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tia
  1. #3,615Willia11
  2. #3,615Winslow11
  3. #3,615Yee11
  4. #3,838Tia10
  5. #3,838Ahron10
  6. #3,838Akash10
  7. #3,838Akbar10
  8. #4,134Abdiel9
  9. #4,134Abelino9
  10. #4,134Addis9

Tied with 295 names at #3,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →