Girls' name · since 1944
Tia
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 33,832 babies named Tia, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,967 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,832
- born since 1944
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tia is the #1967 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 33,832 recorded since 1944.
Tia has 33,832 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1967 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,967 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 33,832 born since 1944
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tia ranks #774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,967 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 33,832 born since 1944, peaking in the 1990s.
- #774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,967 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,832
- born since 1944
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tia's 33,832 recorded births place it above 98.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tia compares
33,832 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tia's all-time total is 90x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 33,832 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,182 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tia's full recorded timeline at 1985, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 1,182 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 1,182
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Tia popularity over time - boys
64 total births recorded since 1980 (Tia as boys' name)
Tia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (9,704 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Tia's strongest decade.
9,704 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Tia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 49
1940s
49 births
- 1950s 445
1950s
445 births
- 1960s 2,285
1960s
2,285 births
- 1970s
1970s
4,638 births
- 1980s
1980s
8,581 births
- 1990s
1990s
9,704 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,229 births
- 2010s 2,142
2010s
2,142 births
- 2020s 759
2020s
759 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 9,704 births (29% of all-time use).
How Tia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tia's total volume
Tia by state
Where Tia concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,058 | 6.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,908 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,739 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 1,720 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,561 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Texas | | 1,540 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,488 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,435 | 4.2% |
2,058 of 33,832 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Tia appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tia's data
- Tia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (9,704 total births); usage has since declined to 759 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tias (2,058 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~81 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.