# Tiana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tiana/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,862 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9 / 29,853 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,625, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern contraction of Tatiana and Christiana. In the USA it is also explained as a form of Diana in such unrelated languages as Samoan and Cherokee (but the author Tiana Bighorse is a Navajo).

## 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 | 822 | 386 |
| 2012 | 712 | 440 |
| 2013 | 547 | 543 |
| 2014 | 559 | 556 |
| 2015 | 488 | 603 |
| 2016 | 478 | 625 |
| 2017 | 453 | 658 |
| 2018 | 449 | 660 |
| 2019 | 481 | 625 |
| 2020 | 410 | 693 |
| 2021 | 458 | 653 |
| 2022 | 452 | 656 |
| 2023 | 490 | 609 |
| 2024 | 491 | 611 |
| 2025 | 491 | 598 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 9 | 5,561 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 225 | 227 |
| 2012 | 198 | 252 |
| 2013 | 202 | 246 |
| 2014 | 145 | 320 |
| 2015 | 143 | 328 |
| 2016 | 121 | 379 |
| 2017 | 133 | 354 |
| 2018 | 145 | 330 |
| 2019 | 97 | 432 |
| 2020 | 82 | 494 |
| 2021 | 85 | 496 |
| 2022 | 86 | 481 |
| 2023 | 68 | 569 |
| 2024 | 75 | 520 |
| 2025 | 55 | 676 |

## People named Tiana

- Tiana Benjamin, British actress

## 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.