Girls' name · since 1967
Tiera
Tiera has 4,075 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,075
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
4,075 babies have been named Tiera since 1967, making it today's #15261 girls' name.
Tiera has 4,075 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15261 as of the latest data, more common than 12% 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 1967 to 2025.
- #2,949 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,261 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,075 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiera ranks #2,949 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,261 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,075 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,075
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tiera's 4,075 recorded births place it above 95.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
How Tiera compares
4,075 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Tiera's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tiera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,075 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 281 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tiera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tiera splits its recorded history at 1994: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 281 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tiera popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 281
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Tiera popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1989 (Tiera as boys' name)
Tiera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,036 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Tiera's strongest decade.
2,036 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Tiera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 106
1970s
106 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,209 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,036 births
- 2000s 585
2000s
585 births
- 2010s 109
2010s
109 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,036 births (50% of all-time use).
How Tiera 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 Tiera's total volume
Tiera by state
Where Tiera concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 225 | 5.5% |
| #2 | California | | 219 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 209 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 205 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 204 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 170 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 167 | 4.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 141 | 3.5% |
225 of 4,075 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Tiera appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tiera's data
- Tiera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,036 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Tieras (225 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois 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 Tiera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Tiera 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.