Girls' name · peaked in 1982

Tia name popularity since 1925

33,896 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tia. Half of them were born in 1990 or earlier, so the typical Tia is about 36 years old in 2026. Tia peaked in 1982 as the #221 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 33,896; Named Tia, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1982; #221 for girls that year
Typical age: About 36; Median birth year 1990
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,980 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.8% girls; 33,832 girls · 64 boys
Most popular in: District of Columbia; 2.35× its national share

Peak year is the year Tia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Tia births per year, 1925–2025

1982 was the biggest year for Tia both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1963 and 1968, Tia became 4× more common, from 1 in 14,700 baby girls to 1 in 3,650.
Steepest fall: Between 2004 and 2009, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 3,190 to 1 in 6,540.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tia.

Decade by decade

Babies named Tia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	0	0	–
1930s	0	0	Under 5
1940s	49	0	Under 5
1950s	445	0	#1,616
1960s	2,285	0	#782
1970s	4,638	0	#368
1980s	8,581	53	#310
1990s	9,704	11	#270
2000s	5,229	0	#553
2010s	2,142	0	#1,182
2020–25	759	0	#1,980

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

42.5% of babies named Tia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Where Tia is most popular

The index compares Tia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tia.

State	Index	Babies
District of Columbia	2.35×	339
Maryland	1.93×	920
Oregon	1.81×	529
Louisiana	1.68×	944
Washington	1.62×	847

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tia.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Tia (1982).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data