How Many People Are Named Tien?
An estimated 1,271 people in the United States have the first name Tien. It is used for both genders, with 61.3% male. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Tien peaked in popularity in 1992 with 57 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tien 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 Tien paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Tien is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
1,271
About 1 in 269,673 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
61.3% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1992
57 births
Total Registered
1,306
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tien
Tien is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (61.3%) and females (38.7%). Out of 1,306 total births registered, 800 were male and 506 were female.
Tien as a male name
Ranked #10,767 in 2024
7 male births in 2024
Peak: 1992 (30 births)
Tien as a female name
Ranked #17,450 in 2021
5 female births in 2021
Peak: 1992 (27 births)
Tien: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tien span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 369 babies were registered. Tien has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tien by Decade
How has Tien 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.
Tien by State
Tien + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tien as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tien
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tien: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tien?
We estimate approximately 1,271 people named Tien 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 269,673 Americans share this first name.
Is Tien a common name?
Tien is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,306 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tien most popular?
Tien reached peak popularity in 1992, when 57 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tien is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tien a male name?
Tien is predominantly male. 61.3% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tien Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tien Smith, Tien Johnson, Tien 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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