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Girl name

Tya

100% girls · last recorded 2024

Tya has been given to about 791 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1999, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Origin—
Syllables1
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 776
Median age today28 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1999 · 41
  • Born in 20250
  • All time791

How popular is Tya?

Its best year was 1999, when 41 babies were given the name, ranking 3186th. The typical living American called Tya is about 28 years old today.

Names that sound like Tya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Tia0.80
  2. Mya0.75
  3. Tyra0.75
  4. Kya0.75
  5. Nya0.75
  6. Taya0.74
  7. Aya0.68
  8. Tina0.63

Middle names for Tya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tya Noelle0.83
  2. Tya Belle0.83
  3. Tya Josephine0.80
  4. Tya Violet0.79
  5. Tya Della0.79
  6. Tya Catherine0.77

Sibling names for Tya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Aracelisister · 0.78
  2. Alvarobrother · 0.77
  3. Nathanaelbrother · 0.77
  4. Kianasister · 0.75
  5. Paulinasister · 0.75
  6. Gustavobrother · 0.75

Where Tya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tya Wilson0.75
    2. Tya Williams0.75
    3. Tya Roberts0.75
    4. Tya Phillips0.75
    5. Tya Perez0.75
    6. Tya Nelson0.75

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Tya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.