Tykia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tykia

The Social Security Administration has registered 624 babies named Tykia between 1977 and 2012, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tykia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tykia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 290 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tykia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Tykia in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tykia 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 624 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.