Tina
Tina was given to 61 girls in 2025, #2,815 among girls’ names; 293,050 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 259,000 Americans named Tina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 52 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tina is “a female given name.”
Also “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
Short form of Christina or of any female name ending in -tina, such as Martina or Albertina; frequently from Latin -ina
/ˈtiːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tina?
#2,815 among girls’ names, 2025
Tina fell from #1,462 in 2015 to #2,815 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 88.5 to 38.0 per million.
14,819 babies in 1968, the peak
Tina peaked in 1968, when 14,819 babies were given it (14,772 girls, #18 among girls’ names). The 61 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,815 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,658 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,962 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,890 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,250 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,169 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 100 | #1,960 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 125 | #1,676 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 146 | #1,523 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 121 | #1,734 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 158 | #1,462 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 153 | #1,469 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 148 | #1,501 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 179 | #1,321 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 175 | #1,333 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,429 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 214 | #1,179 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 222 | #1,159 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 254 | #1,040 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 284 | #929 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 332 | #786 | 0.18 |
| 2004 | 351 | #748 | 0.19 |
| 2003 | 378 | #691 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 380 | #669 | 0.21 |
| 2001 | 397 | #636 | 0.22 |
| 2000 | 454 | #575 | 0.25 |
| 1999 | 433 | #576 | 0.24 |
| 1998 | 431 | #569 | 0.24 |
| 1997 | 501 | #494 | 0.29 |
| 1996 | 576 | #442 | 0.33 |
| 1995 | 624 | #412 | 0.35 |
| 1994 | 720 | #361 | 0.40 |
| 1993 | 806 | #325 | 0.45 |
| 1992 | 890 | #312 | 0.48 |
| 1991 | 1,025 | #269 | 0.55 |
| 1990 | 1,180 | #241 | 0.62 |
| 1989 | 1,323 | #201 | 0.72 |
| 1988 | 1,603 | #174 | 0.90 |
| 1987 | 1,811 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 1,962 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 2,598 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1984 | 2,505 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1983 | 2,738 | #100 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 3,219 | #90 | 1.9 |
| 1981 | 3,821 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1980 | 4,260 | #72 | 2.6 |
| 1979 | 4,677 | #58 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 5,699 | #45 | 3.7 |
| 1977 | 4,951 | #58 | 3.2 |
| 1976 | 5,747 | #48 | 3.9 |
| 1975 | 7,065 | #35 | 4.8 |
| 1974 | 8,668 | #25 | 5.9 |
| 1973 | 9,307 | #24 | 6.4 |
| 1972 | 11,523 | #18 | 7.6 |
| 1971 | 13,266 | #20 | 8.0 |
| 1970 | 13,861 | #21 | 7.9 |
| 1969 | 13,606 | #22 | 8.1 |
| 1968 | 14,772 | #18 | 9.0 |
| 1967 | 14,160 | #21 | 8.6 |
| 1966 | 13,892 | #23 | 8.2 |
| 1965 | 12,831 | #29 | 7.3 |
| 1964 | 12,548 | #34 | 6.6 |
| 1963 | 12,157 | #35 | 6.3 |
| 1962 | 12,781 | #33 | 6.5 |
| 1961 | 10,521 | #41 | 5.2 |
| 1960 | 9,133 | #45 | 4.5 |
| 1959 | 7,919 | #53 | 3.9 |
| 1958 | 6,618 | #71 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 5,857 | #80 | 2.9 |
| 1956 | 5,330 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1955 | 3,275 | #132 | 1.7 |
| 1954 | 1,236 | #230 | 0.64 |
| 1953 | 1,096 | #242 | 0.58 |
| 1952 | 1,099 | #238 | 0.59 |
| 1951 | 832 | #271 | 0.46 |
| 1950 | 728 | #290 | 0.42 |
| 1949 | 640 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1948 | 576 | #326 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 541 | #341 | 0.31 |
| 1946 | 478 | #344 | 0.30 |
| 1945 | 440 | #327 | 0.34 |
| 1944 | 359 | #373 | 0.27 |
| 1943 | 360 | #383 | 0.26 |
| 1942 | 244 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1941 | 156 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1940 | 172 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 145 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 107 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 126 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1936 | 117 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 104 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 118 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 107 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 123 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 108 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 143 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 130 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 137 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 151 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 126 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 136 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 143 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 150 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 141 | #619 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 126 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 127 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 120 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 128 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 137 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 127 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 133 | #557 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 108 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1913 | 89 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 81 | #546 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 59 | #556 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 58 | #538 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 52 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 41 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 55 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1906 | 49 | #497 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 58 | #446 | 0.20 |
| 1904 | 56 | #436 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 44 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1902 | 44 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 47 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1900 | 53 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 42 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 49 | #439 | 0.19 |
| 1897 | 51 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1896 | 51 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 45 | #425 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 42 | #436 | 0.19 |
| 1893 | 46 | #398 | 0.22 |
| 1892 | 35 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 31 | #470 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 39 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1889 | 40 | #385 | 0.22 |
| 1888 | 40 | #386 | 0.22 |
| 1887 | 25 | #457 | 0.17 |
| 1886 | 32 | #385 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 32 | #363 | 0.24 |
| 1884 | 24 | #415 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 21 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 28 | #340 | 0.26 |
| 1881 | 19 | #391 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 17 | #420 | 0.19 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tina has been given almost only to girls: 904 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Tina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tina, and how old are they?
259,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 293,050 Americans ever recorded as Tina. The median Tina alive today is 58 years old; half are between 52 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 253,384 people named Tina (253,101 women and girls, 283 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 267,329 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,180 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 78,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 146,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 26,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,090 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tina born?
The states with the most babies named Tina are California, New York and Ohio, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 28,176 | #3,069 | 1.0× |
| New York | 19,464 | #1,644 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 19,347 | #1,682 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 16,014 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 15,536 | #1,620 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 15,412 | #3,260 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 13,639 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 9,939 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Florida | 9,107 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 7,934 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Tina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tina is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 346,428 babies since 1880, Tina is the most given (85% of them). In 2025 it was given to 61 of their 700 babies (8.7%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tina and names like it
- Compare Tina and TianaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sTina peaked in 1968.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tina since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Tina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1968The year the most babies were named Tina.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tina alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.