Girls' name · since 1962
Tirza
Tirza has 344 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,229 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
344 babies have been named Tirza since 1962, making it today's #15229 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tirza has been recorded 344 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #15229 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #14,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,229 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 344 born since 1962
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tirza ranks #14,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,229 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 344 born since 1962, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,229 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tirza's 344 recorded births place it above 79.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tirza compares
344 48th percentile among 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
Tirza's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tirza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 344 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tirza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tirza's full recorded timeline at 1993, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tirza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Tirza by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Tirza's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Tirza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
54 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tirza's data
- Tirza's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 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.
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 Tirza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Tirza 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.