Recorded 1967–2007 Girls' name Peak 1997 232 births

Tyia — girls' name

232 babies named Tyia in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s101970s201980s361990s1012000s65
1990s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Tyia was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

16 babies were named Tyia in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tyia

The Social Security Administration has registered 232 babies named Tyia between 1967 and 2007, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tyia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tyia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tyia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 232 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Tyia at a glance

Last recorded 2007

Total births

232

Since 1967

41 years of records

Peak year

1997

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2007

Active since

1967

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2007

Tyia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1967

Last recorded 2007
Peak year (1997)
16
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
05101520 20072003199919951991198419781967 5

Tyia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
101 births that decade — 44% of Tyia's all-time total
1960s101970s201980s361990s1012000s65

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tyia?
232 babies have been named Tyia since 1967. It was last recorded in 2007. The peak year was 1997 with 16 births.
When was Tyia most popular?
Tyia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 101 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Tyia been used?
Tyia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1967, spanning 41 years of data through 2007.
What names are similar to Tyia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tyisha, Tyiesha, Tyiana, Tyianna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.