Tatiana
Tatiana was the 1106th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 216 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 213th with 1,466 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 459 places. More babies were named Tatiana in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin uncertain · Latin, Russian
Say it tah-tee-AH-nuh /ˌtɑtiˈɑnə/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,106 girls, down 8 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 216girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19991,466 babies
- Total since 1880
- 35,269babies recorded
What does the name Tatiana mean?
Tatiana is the feminine of the Latin Tatianus, from Tatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin; Wikipedia connects it with Titus Tatius, a legendary king of the Sabines. Saint Tatiana of Rome made it a popular saint's name in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and modern English use comes from Russian Tatyana, famous from Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. In the US Tatiana was most popular around 2000.
Tatianus (Latin, “of Tatius”)Татья́на (Russian, “Tatyana”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. The family name Tatius has no known meaning.
Related names: Tatyana, Tanya, Tania, Tatum.
See also: Latin names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Tatiana', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Tatiana', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Nicknames for Tatiana
The usual nicknames for Tatiana are Tati and Tania. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Tatiana in the last five years, 49 were named Tania, against 58 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tati | Traditional | — | — |
| Tania | Traditional | #2,050 | 543 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Tatianas go by each one.
Tatiana popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 35 since 1986.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,106 | 216 |
| 2020 | #1,098 | 223 |
| 2010 | #360 | 889 |
| 2000 | #251 | 1,284 |
| 1990 | #285 | 979 |
| 1980 | #1,002 | 147 |
| 1970 | #2,393 | 32 |
| 1960 | #3,195 | 16 |
| 1950 | #5,240 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,909 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tatiana, counting every spelling?
Tatiana is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,007 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,106 for Tatiana on its own. Together these spellings went to 238 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatiana | 216 | #1,106 | 1,098 |
| Tatianna | 22 | #5,699 | 96 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tatiana?
216 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tatiana (0.06 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tatiana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 39 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tatiana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tatiana?
About 34,600 people born in the US named Tatiana are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 19 and 33. That makes Tatiana mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tatiana by state
How common Tatiana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Virginia (1.9×), Florida (1.8×). In 27 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tatiana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tatiana, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Tatiana · Sibling names for Tatiana
Questions about the name Tatiana
What does Tatiana mean?
The origin of Tatiana is uncertain: the family name Tatius has no known meaning.
How popular is the name Tatiana?
Tatiana was the 1106th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 216 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 213th with 1,466 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 459 places. More babies were named Tatiana in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tatiana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tatiana in the US.
Where is Tatiana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tatiana was most common in Virginia (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and California.