Girls' name · peaked in 1968
Tina name popularity since 1925
290,115 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tina. Half of them were born in 1968 or earlier, so the typical Tina is about 58 years old in 2026. Tina peaked in 1968 as the #18 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 290,115
- Named Tina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,815 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 289,211 girls · 904 boys
- Most popular in
- Vermont
- 1.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Tina 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.
Tina births per year, 1925–2025
1968 was the biggest year for Tina both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1954 and 1959, Tina became 6.1× more common, from 1 in 1,570 baby girls to 1 in 256.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 662 to 1 in 1,610.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tina 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 | 680 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,198 | 0 | #640 |
| 1940s | 3,966 | 5 | #327 |
| 1950s | 33,990 | 68 | #132 |
| 1960s | 126,401 | 371 | #29 |
| 1970s | 84,764 | 323 | #35 |
| 1980s | 25,840 | 117 | #110 |
| 1990s | 7,186 | 20 | #412 |
| 2000s | 3,266 | 0 | #786 |
| 2010s | 1,466 | 0 | #1,462 |
| 2020–25 | 454 | 0 | #2,815 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
54.8% of babies named Tina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tina is most popular
The index compares Tina'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 Tina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 1.59× | 766 |
| West Virginia | 1.53× | 3,891 |
| Indiana | 1.45× | 9,939 |
| Ohio | 1.45× | 19,331 |
| Maine | 1.37× | 1,694 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tina (1968).
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