Girls' name · since 1880
Tina
292,146 babies named Tina in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292,146
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
292,146 babies have been named Tina since 1880, making it today's #2783 girls' name.
Tina has 292,146 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2783 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #133 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,783 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 292,146 born since 1880
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tina ranks #133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,783 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 292,146 born since 1880, peaking in the 1960s.
- #133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292,146
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tina's 292,146 recorded births place it above 99.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tina compares
292,146 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Tina's all-time total is 777x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 292,146 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14,772 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tina splits its recorded history at 1953: 96% of all births land in the more recent half, 4% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (17 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 14,772 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tina popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1968)
- 14,772
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Tina popularity over time - boys
904 total births recorded since 1949 (Tina as boys' name)
Tina by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (126,401 births, 43% of the file).
1960s was Tina's strongest decade.
126,401 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Tina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 278
1880s
278 births
- 1890s 431
1890s
431 births
- 1900s 499
1900s
499 births
- 1910s 1,040
1910s
1,040 births
- 1920s 1,367
1920s
1,367 births
- 1930s 1,198
1930s
1,198 births
- 1940s 3,966
1940s
3,966 births
- 1950s 33,990
1950s
33,990 births
- 1960s
1960s
126,401 births
- 1970s
1970s
84,764 births
- 1980s 25,840
1980s
25,840 births
- 1990s 7,186
1990s
7,186 births
- 2000s 3,266
2000s
3,266 births
- 2010s 1,466
2010s
1,466 births
- 2020s 454
2020s
454 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 126,401 births (43% of all-time use).
How Tina 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 Tina's total volume
Tina by state
Where Tina concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28,171 | 9.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 19,448 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 19,324 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 16,014 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 15,525 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 15,412 | 5.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 13,633 | 4.7% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 9,939 | 3.4% |
28,171 of 292,146 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Tina appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tina's data
- Tina's decade-level peak was the 1960s (126,401 total births); usage has since declined to 454 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tinas (28,171 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 Tina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Tina 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.