Recorded 1968–2019 Girls' name Peak 1980 571 births

Tiah — girls' name

571 babies named Tiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s51970s431980s1531990s1752000s1182010s77
1990s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Tiah was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

30 babies were named Tiah in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 571 babies named Tiah between 1968 and 2019, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tiah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tiah 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 571 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.

Tiah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

571

Since 1968

52 years of records

Peak year

1980

30 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1968

Recorded for 52 years

Last year on file: 2019

Tiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1968

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1980)
30
Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
010203040 201920132007200119951989198319771968 5

Tiah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
175 births that decade — 31% of Tiah's all-time total
1960s51970s431980s1531990s1752000s1182010s77

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tiah?
571 babies have been named Tiah since 1968. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1980 with 30 births.
When was Tiah most popular?
Tiah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 175 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Tiah been used?
Tiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 52 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Tiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tia, Tiana, Tiara, Tianna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1968–2019 (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.