Tia is a distinctive choice, ranked #603 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Tia in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#603
About the Name Tia
Tia has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 146 places in five years. It was most popular in 2001 at #53 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It has featured in the UK top 100 for 15 years, demonstrating solid mainstream recognition.
Tia is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Tia
Unlikely. With around 65 UK babies named Tia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Tia in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Tia has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 146 places in the last five years. Its peak was #53 in 2001. Choosing it now means she is likely to be among the last of her generation with this name.
Tia is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Tia include: Tia Ballard — Tia Ballard is an American voice actress and ADR director.; Dewi Tia — Dewi Tia Safitri is an Indonesian footballer who plays as a forward for Arema Putri and the Indonesia women's national team.; Tia Kofi — Lawrence John Bolton, better known by the stage name Tia Kofi, is a British drag queen and singer from Clapham, South London..
Tia does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Tias in the wild.
65
UK babies named Tia (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 146 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Tia
Likely around 1 other Tia in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Tia
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Tia Ballard is an American voice actress and ADR director. Some of her notable roles are Kusano in Sekirei, Mizore Shirayuki in Rosario + Vampire, Rin Ogata in Rideback, Happy in Fairy Tail, Eris in Cat Planet Cuties, Nanami Momozono in Kamisama Kiss, Kokomi Teruhashi in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Zero Two in Darling in the Franxx, Itsuki Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets and Yashiro Nene in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.
Lawrence John Bolton, better known by the stage name Tia Kofi, is a British drag queen and singer from Clapham, South London. They are best known for competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, and winning the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs.
Tia Ciata, born Hilária Batista de Almeida was a Brazilian mãe-de-santo of Candomblé, and an influential figure in the development of samba. She was a devotee of deity Oshun and became the iyakekerê, or second most important leader, in the terreiro of João Alabá in Rio de Janeiro.