Tien
Tien was the 6412th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1981, when it ranked 2329th; the most babies were born in 1992 (30). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,344 places. More babies were named Tien in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,412 boys, up 172 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- 10% girls, 90% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199230 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,320babies recorded
Tien popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #6,412 | — | 14 |
| 2020 | #13,360 | #6,584 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | — | #5,026 | — | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,478 | #5,017 | 21 | 15 |
| 1990 | #6,118 | #2,948 | 15 | 22 |
| 1980 | #9,027 | #2,949 | 7 | 16 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Tien, counting every spelling?
Tien has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tien?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tien (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tien 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 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tien.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tien?
About 800 people born in the US named Tien are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 16 and 38. That makes Tien 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.
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Questions about the name Tien
How popular is the name Tien?
Tien was the 6412th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1981, when it ranked 2329th; the most babies were born in 1992 (30). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,344 places. More babies were named Tien in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tien a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 10% girls, 90% boys given the name Tien in the US.