Recorded 1994–2008 Girls' name Peak 2002 96 births

Tyja — girls' name

96 babies named Tyja in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s382000s58
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Tyja was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

17 babies were named Tyja in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tyja

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Tyja between 1994 and 2008, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tyja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tyja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tyja shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tyja in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tyja 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 96 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.

Tyja at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

96

Since 1994

15 years of records

Peak year

2002

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1994

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2008

Tyja popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1994

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (2002)
17
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
05101520 200820072005200320022001200019991998199719961994 6

Tyja by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
58 births that decade — 60% of Tyja's all-time total
1990s382000s58

Tyja by state

Where Tyja concentrates geographically — total births since 1994

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tyja
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Louisiana
5 5.2%
Louisiana share of Tyja's total US births 5.2%

5 of 96 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tyja?
96 babies have been named Tyja since 1994. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 2002 with 17 births.
When was Tyja most popular?
Tyja was most popular in the 2000s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Tyja most popular?
The top states for the name Tyja are Louisiana (5 births).
How long has the name Tyja been used?
Tyja has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 15 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Tyja?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tyjae, Tyjah, Tyjanae, Tyjai, 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, 1994–2008 (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.