Girls' name · since 1950
Tiana
Tiana has 29,853 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #836 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #597 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,853
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tiana is the #597 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 29,853 recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiana has been recorded 29,853 times among girls since 1950, currently ranked #597 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #836 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #597 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 29,853 born since 1950
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiana ranks #836 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #597 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 29,853 born since 1950, peaking in the 1990s.
- #836 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #597 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,853
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tiana's 29,853 recorded births place it above 98.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tiana compares
29,853 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
Tiana's all-time total is 79x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tiana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29,853 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,028 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tiana's full recorded timeline at 1990, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 1,028 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tiana popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 1,028
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Tiana popularity over time - boys
9 total births recorded since 1989 (Tiana as boys' name)
Tiana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (8,683 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Tiana's strongest decade.
8,683 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Tiana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 50
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 205
1960s
205 births
- 1970s 1,399
1970s
1,399 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,908 births
- 1990s
1990s
8,683 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,857 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,959 births
- 2020s 2,792
2020s
2,792 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 8,683 births (29% of all-time use).
How Tiana 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 Tiana's total volume
Tiana by state
Where Tiana concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,874 | 13.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,554 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,924 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,767 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,186 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,181 | 4.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 1,005 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 920 | 3.1% |
3,874 of 29,853 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Tiana appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tiana's data
- Tiana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (8,683 total births); usage has since declined to 2,792 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tianas (3,874 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 Tiana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1950–2025 (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 Tiana 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.