Meaning and history
Short form of names ending in tia, Tia has been suggested to have gained use since the 1950s from the brand name of the coffee liqueur Tia Maria. In that name, Tia is not used as a given name but means “aunt” in Spanish or Portuguese.
20062006: 484 births, rank #600
2007: 395 births, rank #738
2008: 318 births, rank #875
2009: 281 births, rank #949
2010: 257 births, rank #986
20112011: 288 births, rank #905
2012: 265 births, rank #958
2013: 244 births, rank #1,021
2014: 197 births, rank #1,235
2015: 214 births, rank #1,175
20162016: 170 births, rank #1,380
2017: 187 births, rank #1,263
2018: 159 births, rank #1,406
2019: 161 births, rank #1,392
2020: 162 births, rank #1,353
20212021: 132 births, rank #1,584
2022: 112 births, rank #1,818
2023: 136 births, rank #1,557
2024: 119 births, rank #1,708
20252025: 98 births, rank #1,962
Tia moved from #911 to #965 for girls between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 1982, with 1,182 births.