How Many People Are Named Tia?
An estimated 31,898 people in the United States have the first name Tia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Tia peaked in popularity in 1982 with 1,189 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tia paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Tia is overwhelmingly female, 64 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
31,898
About 1 in 10,745 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1982
1,189 births
Total Registered
33,795
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tia
Tia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 33,795 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Tia as a male name
Ranked #8,605 in 1993
6 male births in 1993
Peak: 1980 (10 births)
Tia as a female name
Ranked #1,735 in 2024
117 female births in 2024
Peak: 1982 (1,182 births)
Tia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tia span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 9,715 babies were registered. Tia has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tia by Decade
How has Tia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tia by State
Birth registrations for Tia span all 50 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Florida. The lowest are in Rhode Island, Wyoming, Delaware. On average, about 617 Tias were registered per state.
Tia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tia
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tia?
We estimate approximately 31,898 people named Tia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 10,745 Americans share this first name.
Is Tia a common name?
Tia is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 33,795 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tia most popular?
Tia reached peak popularity in 1982, when 1,189 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tia is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tia a female name?
Tia is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tia Smith, Tia Johnson, Tia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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