Girls' name · since 1951
Tira
979 babies named Tira in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 979
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tira is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 979 have been recorded since 1951.
Tira has 979 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2021.
- #7,638 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 979 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tira ranks #7,638 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 979 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 979
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tira's 979 recorded births place it above 89.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Tira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tira's full recorded timeline at 1985, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 45 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2021
- Peak year (1971)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Tira by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (337 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Tira's strongest decade.
337 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Tira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
163 births
- 1970s
1970s
337 births
- 1980s
1980s
188 births
- 1990s
1990s
138 births
- 2000s 96
2000s
96 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 337 births (34% of all-time use).
How Tira 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 Tira's total volume
Tira by state
Where Tira concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
22 of 979 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Tira's data
- Tira's decade-level peak was the 1970s (337 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tiras (22 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1951–2021 (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 Tira 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.