Tierra
Tierra was the 5703rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 320th with 826 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,704 places. More babies were named Tierra in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,703 girls, down 49 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1993826 babies
- Total since 1880
- 15,011babies recorded
Tierra popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 70 since 1981.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,703 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,654 | 22 |
| 2010 | #2,026 | 99 |
| 2000 | #534 | 488 |
| 1990 | #353 | 756 |
| 1980 | #2,388 | 41 |
| 1970 | #5,379 | 10 |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tierra, counting every spelling?
Tierra is the most common spelling of a name family that had 27 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 27 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra | 22 | #5,703 | 122 |
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 Tierra?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tierra (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tierra 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 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tierra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tierra?
About 14,600 people born in the US named Tierra are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 27 and 37. That makes Tierra mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Tierra by state
How common Tierra was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Tierra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tierra, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tierra
How popular is the name Tierra?
Tierra was the 5703rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 320th with 826 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,704 places. More babies were named Tierra in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tierra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tierra in the US.
Where is Tierra most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tierra was most common in Georgia (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.