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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #185 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 670 girlsAKMaine: #111 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 429 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #159 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 758 girlsNHWashington: #192 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,031 girlsWAIdaho: #145 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 602 girlsIDMontana: #92 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 315 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #141 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 562 girlsNDMinnesota: #260 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,717 girlsMNIllinois: #309 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,891 girlsILWisconsin: #140 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 730 girlsWIMichigan: #241 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsMINew York: #396 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 2,479 girlsNYMassachusetts: #289 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,729 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedRIOregon: #180 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 887 girlsORNevada: #198 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 889 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #116 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 447 girlsSDIowa: #212 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,193 girlsIAIndiana: #175 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 967 girlsINOhio: #228 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,462 girlsOHPennsylvania: #230 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsPANew Jersey: #422 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,918 girlsNJConnecticut: #320 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,059 girlsCTCalifornia: #629 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 4,509 girlsCAUtah: #235 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,107 girlsUTColorado: #198 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,096 girlsCONebraska: #187 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 987 girlsNEMissouri: #159 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 878 girlsMOKentucky: #271 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,788 girlsKYWest Virginia: #192 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,096 girlsWVVirginia: #190 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,118 girlsVAMaryland: #206 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,151 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedDEArizona: #205 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,032 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedNMKansas: #216 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,114 girlsKSArkansas: #177 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 860 girlsARTennessee: #203 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,170 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #169 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 972 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #256 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,483 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #302 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,172 girlsDCOklahoma: #160 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 775 girlsOKLouisiana: #183 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 964 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tia, so not publishedMSAlabama: #279 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,698 girlsALGeorgia: #175 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 951 girlsGAHawaii: #114 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 459 girlsHITexas: #505 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,410 girlsTXFlorida: #230 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,414 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#92 · 1 in 315
  2. Maine#111 · 1 in 429
  3. Hawaii#114 · 1 in 459
  4. South Dakota#116 · 1 in 447
  5. Wisconsin#140 · 1 in 730

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#92111 in 315
Maine#111141 in 429
Hawaii#114111 in 459
South Dakota#11681 in 447
Wisconsin#140391 in 730
North Dakota#14161 in 562
Idaho#14591 in 602
Missouri#159371 in 878
New Hampshire#15981 in 758
Oklahoma#160221 in 775
North Carolina#169411 in 972
Georgia#175441 in 951
Indiana#175361 in 967
Arkansas#177141 in 860
Oregon#180191 in 887
Louisiana#183261 in 964
Alaska#18551 in 670
Nebraska#18791 in 987
Virginia#190331 in 1,118
Washington#192301 in 1,031
West Virginia#19281 in 1,096
Colorado#198191 in 1,096
Nevada#19881 in 889
Tennessee#203261 in 1,170
Arizona#205251 in 1,032
Maryland#206241 in 1,151
Iowa#212131 in 1,193
Kansas#216121 in 1,114
Ohio#228481 in 1,462
Florida#230541 in 1,414
Pennsylvania#230491 in 1,449
Utah#235121 in 1,107
Michigan#241411 in 1,473
South Carolina#256131 in 1,483
Minnesota#260161 in 1,717
Kentucky#271121 in 1,788
Alabama#279131 in 1,698
Massachusetts#289211 in 1,729
District of Columbia#30251 in 1,172
Illinois#309411 in 1,891
Connecticut#32091 in 2,059
New York#396481 in 2,479
New Jersey#422161 in 2,918
Texas#505401 in 3,410
California#629581 in 4,509
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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 1991

girls
#261
1,069 births · 1 in 1,754 girls
boys
#8,236
5 births · 1 in 404,066 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #261Tia1,069

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #8,236Tia5
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 1,754 of them was named Tia, which outranked 98.3% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tia
  1. #257Karla1,088
  2. #259Pamela1,085
  3. #260Faith1,074
  4. #261Tia1,069
  5. #262Camille1,055
  6. #262Jazmine1,055
  7. #264Hope1,052
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 404,066 of them was named Tia, which outranked 14.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tia
  1. #7,271Zia6
  2. #7,271Zubair6
  3. #7,271Zubin6
  4. #8,236Tia5
  5. #8,236Aaran5
  6. #8,236Aarick5
  7. #8,236Abdo5

Tied with 1,412 names at #8,236; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991