Tia
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Tia
A short, bright name which originates as a short form of names including Tiana, and Tatiana. Not as popular as Mia – a plus if you're seeking a short and pretty but less common name. In Spanish and Portuguese tía/tia is a word meaning "aunt". In Haida culture in indigenous Canada, Tia is a goddess of peaceful death.
Tia is also given to boys.
Pronounced TEE-uh.
As of October 2026, Tia ranked #1980 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #221 in 1982, Nameberry popularity #937.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,238 | 197 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,182 | 214 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,382 | 170 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,267 | 187 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,421 | 158 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,404 | 161 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,356 | 162 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,597 | 132 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,827 | 112 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,565 | 136 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,735 | 117 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,980 | 98 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Tia on lists
Famous Tias
- Tia Carrere (born Althea Rae Janairo)Girl
American actress
- Tia Dashon MowryGirl
American actress, twin of sister Tamera Darvette Mowry
- TiAGirl
Japanese singer
- Tia TexadaGirl
American actress
- Tia Charlaine WalkerGirl
American fashion blogger
- Tia ShortsGirl
Miss Maryland USA 2004
- Tia PaschalGirl
American pro basketball player
- Tia NeivaGirl
Brazilian medium
- Tia LessinGirl
American documentary filmmaker
- Tia KarGirl
singer and contestant on TV's "Indian Idol 5"
- Tia HellebautGirl
Belgian Olympic high jumper
- Tia FullerGirl
American saxophonist
- Tia Lynn BallardGirl
American voice actress
- Twinkle "Tia" BajpaiGirl
Indian actress and singer
- TiaGirl
ancient Egyptian princess of the 19th dynasty
- TiaGirl
Clair Toomey, Australian weightlifter and CrossFit Games athlete
Tia in pop culture
- Tia Andrea LandryGirl
character on TV's "Sister, Sister;" played by Tia Mowry
- Tia BayeGirl
a main character in "Hold Tight" by Harlan Coben
- Tia TamosGirl
character in "Does My Head Look Big in This?" by Randa Abdel,Fattah
- Tia MaloneGirl
character in movie "Escape to Witch Mountain"
- Tia OumiGirl
character in anime/manga "Zatch Bell!"
- Tia RussellGirl
character from the film "Uncle Buck"
- TiaGirl
character in the French animated series "Galactik Football"
- Tia DalmaGirl
mystic Caribbean soothsayer from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
- Portia "Tia" HalstonGirl
Cain, character in Elise Noble's Blackwood Security series
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fashion doll made by Mattel