Girls' name · since 1966
Tiya
762 babies named Tiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,036 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,999 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 762
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tiya currently ranks #7999 among girls' names in America, with 762 babies recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiya has been recorded 762 times among girls since 1966, currently ranked #7999 nationally and more common than 54% 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 1966 to 2025.
- #9,036 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,999 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 762 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiya ranks #9,036 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,999 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 762 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,036 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,999 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 762
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tiya's 762 recorded births place it above 87.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Tiya compares
762 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Tiya's all-time total is 103% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 762 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tiya's full recorded timeline at 1996, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Tiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (200 births, 26% of the file).
2000s was Tiya's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Tiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
85 births
- 1980s
1980s
111 births
- 1990s
1990s
116 births
- 2000s
2000s
200 births
- 2010s
2010s
154 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 200 births (26% of all-time use).
How Tiya 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 Tiya's total volume
Tiya by state
Where Tiya concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 2.1% |
16 of 762 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tiya's data
- Tiya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (200 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Tiyas (16 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 popularity rank to Tiya
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tiya: 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 (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Tiya 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.