Tia — #1730 US girls' name
33,731 babies named Tia in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Tia was born in this single decade.
1,182 babies were named Tia in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tia
The Social Security Administration has registered 33,731 babies named Tia between 1944 and 2024, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tia currently holds the #1730 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 1,182 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 9,704 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,049 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Tia in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 33,731 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tia at a glance
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Tia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1944
- Peak year (1982)
- 1,182
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
Currently ranks #1730 among girls.
33,731 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 1,182 births in a single year.
Tia popularity over time — boys
64 total births recorded since 1980 (Tia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 9,704 births that decade — 29% of Tia's all-time total
Tia decade highlights
- Peak decade 9,704 births
- Runner-up 8,581 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tia's strongest decade
9,704 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Tia by state
Where Tia concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,049 | 6.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,902 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,734 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 1,720 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,552 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Texas | | 1,534 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,487 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,426 | 4.2% |
2,049 of 33,731 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tia appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.