Girls' name · since 1977
Tykia
Tykia has 624 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 624
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tykia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 624 have been recorded since 1977.
Tykia has 624 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2012.
- #10,291 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 624 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tykia ranks #10,291 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 624 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 624
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tykia's 624 recorded births place it above 85.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Tykia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tykia splits its recorded history at 1995: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tykia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2012
- Peak year (1997)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Tykia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (290 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Tykia's strongest decade.
290 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tykia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 90
1980s
90 births
- 1990s
1990s
290 births
- 2000s
2000s
199 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 290 births (46% of all-time use).
How Tykia 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 Tykia's total volume
Tykia by state
Where Tykia concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 29 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 12 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.8% |
29 of 624 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Tykia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (290 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Tykias (29 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Tykia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1977–2012 (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 Tykia 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.