girl's name
Tia
TEE-uh
- Origin Spanish
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 3
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 55,646
Northern Ireland
#377
2023 births
Tia peaked far higher in England than its population would predict — 1,050 births in England and Wales in 2004 against an American peak of 1,189, in a country with roughly a fifth of the people.
- Tia is a name of Spanish origin.
- Peaked in 1982, when 1,189 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 33,831 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1944.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Tia over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 49 |
| 1950s | 445 |
| 1960s | 2,285 |
| 1970s | 4,638 |
| 1980s | 8,634 |
| 1990s | 9,715 |
| 2000s | 5,229 |
| 2010s | 2,142 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 759 |
What Tia means
Tia means aunt in Spanish, or serves as a short form of names ending in -tia. The two uses are unrelated, and English-language use generally follows the second.
Where Tia comes from
Tia has two routes. The Spanish tía means aunt, from the Late Latin thia and the Greek theia. Separately, it is a short form of names ending in -tia — Laetitia, Lucretia, Portia — and of Tiana and Tatiana, which is the route most English-language use follows. The two have no connection beyond the syllable, and nothing in the spelling distinguishes them.
Tia in use
Tia peaked in the United States in 1982, when 1,189 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. England and Wales ran a peak of 1,050 births in 2004 — nearly matching the American figure in a far smaller population, which makes it proportionally the stronger market by some distance. It now ranks 407th in Ireland on 10 births, 608th in England and Wales on 65, 751st in Scotland on 4, 805th in France on 65 and 1977th in the United States on 98, across 55,646 lifetime births in six of the seven markets we track.
How popular is Tia?
In 2025, Tia was given to 98 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Tia is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Tia is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Tïa | Tïa is Tia written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #1,963. | 260 |
Names that peaked alongside Tia
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Tia also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Tia in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Tia
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Tia
What does the name Tia mean?
Aunt in Spanish, or a short form of names ending in -tia. The two are unrelated.
Which route does English use follow?
Generally the short-form one — from Laetitia, Tiana or Tatiana.
Where is Tia strongest?
England and Wales, where a 2004 peak of 1,050 nearly matched the American peak in a much smaller population.
How popular is Tia now?
608th in England and Wales and 1977th in the United States.
Is Tia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Tia?
Tia has 2 syllables.
Is Tia a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tia currently ranks #407 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.