# Tia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Estonian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /tiːə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 33,896 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 64 / 33,832 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,623, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Invented in the latter half of the twentieth century. It can be explained as a short form of Letitia or Venetia, or from Estonian Tiia, pet form of Dorothea.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 288 | 911 |
| 2012 | 265 | 965 |
| 2013 | 244 | 1,025 |
| 2014 | 197 | 1,238 |
| 2015 | 214 | 1,182 |
| 2016 | 170 | 1,383 |
| 2017 | 187 | 1,267 |
| 2018 | 159 | 1,412 |
| 2019 | 161 | 1,405 |
| 2020 | 162 | 1,356 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,599 |
| 2022 | 112 | 1,827 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,565 |
| 2024 | 119 | 1,717 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,980 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 10 | 4,105 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,571 |
| 1983 | 10 | 4,119 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,496 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,654 |
| 1987 | 7 | 6,033 |
| 1989 | 8 | 6,182 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,504 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,605 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 613 | 95 |
| 2012 | 498 | 116 |
| 2013 | 361 | 144 |
| 2014 | 306 | 174 |
| 2015 | 207 | 240 |
| 2016 | 176 | 285 |
| 2017 | 158 | 308 |
| 2018 | 134 | 353 |
| 2019 | 124 | 355 |
| 2020 | 89 | 457 |
| 2021 | 97 | 449 |
| 2022 | 78 | 509 |
| 2023 | 83 | 477 |
| 2024 | 65 | 603 |
| 2025 | 65 | 596 |

## People named Tia

- Tia Carrere, American actress (born 1967)
- Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper
- Tia Mowry, American actress (born 1978)
- Tia Texada, American actress
- Tia Tanaka, American pornographic actress
- Tia Jones, American female hurdler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.