Tina
Tina was the 2815th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 18th with 14,772 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,353 places. More babies were named Tina in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning short form of Christina and other -tina names · English, Latin
Say it TEE-nuh /ˈtinə/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,815 girls, down 646 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 61girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 196814,772 babies
- Total since 1880
- 293,050babies recorded
What does the name Tina mean?
Tina is a short form of Christina and of other names ending in -tina, such as Martina, Albertina and Valentina, as Wiktionary notes; the ending is the Latin diminutive -ina. Christina means 'Christian', from Greek Khristos 'anointed'. Tina was very popular in the US in the 1960s, and singer Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) is a famous bearer.
-īna (Latin, “feminine diminutive ending”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Christina, Martina, Valentina, Teena.
See also: Latin names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Tina', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Christina', DMNES (Durham University)
Tina popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 904 since 1949.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,815 | 61 |
| 2020 | #2,169 | 84 |
| 2010 | #1,429 | 161 |
| 2000 | #575 | 454 |
| 1990 | #241 | 1,180 |
| 1980 | #72 | 4,260 |
| 1970 | #21 | 13,861 |
| 1960 | #45 | 9,133 |
| 1950 | #290 | 728 |
| 1940 | #525 | 172 |
| 1930 | #570 | 143 |
| 1920 | #643 | 127 |
| 1910 | #538 | 58 |
| 1900 | #466 | 53 |
| 1890 | #410 | 39 |
| 1880 | #420 | 17 |
How popular is Tina, counting every spelling?
Tina has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tina?
61 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tina (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tina 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 138 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tina.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tina?
About 258,000 people born in the US named Tina are alive today, with a median age of 58; half are between 52 and 63. That makes Tina a name most people associate with older generations.
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.
Tina by state
How common Tina was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.2×). In 42 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 Tina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tina, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Tina · Sibling names for Tina
Tina is also a nickname for Valentina, Christina, Christine and Ernestine.
Questions about the name Tina
What does Tina mean?
Tina means “short form of Christina and other -tina names” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Tina?
Tina was the 2815th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 18th with 14,772 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,353 places. More babies were named Tina in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Tina a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tina in the US.
Where is Tina most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tina was most common in Ohio (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Illinois.