Girls' name · since 1970
Tiye
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 269 babies named Tiye, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,521 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
269 babies have been named Tiye since 1970, making it today's #13521 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiye has been recorded 269 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #13521 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #16,903 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,521 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 269 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiye ranks #16,903 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,521 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 269 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,521 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tiye's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Tiye compares
269 43rd 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
Tiye's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tiye | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 269 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tiye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tiye's full recorded timeline at 2001, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tiye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Tiye by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (94 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Tiye's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Tiye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 94 births (35% of all-time use).
Tiye by state
Where Tiye concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 269 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tiye's data
- Tiye's decade-level peak was the 1990s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Tiyes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tiye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Tiye 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.