NameTides

Tien

Tien was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies).

Tien as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Tien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,143 (14)——
2024#9,894 (7)——
2023#8,921 (8)——
2022#12,330 (5)——
2021#6,335 (13)——
2020#6,296 (13)#3,334 (5)—
2019#7,173 (11)#3,013 (6)—
2018#6,345 (13)#4,749 (3)—
2017#10,775 (6)——
2016#8,816 (8)#4,023 (4)—
2015#3,982 (26)#3,373 (5)—
2014#5,252 (17)#2,690 (7)#2,133 (7)
2013#6,241 (13)——
2012#4,862 (19)#2,721 (7)—
2011#4,509 (21)#3,300 (5)#2,629 (5)

Tien as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tien as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Tien as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2021#15,251 (5)——
2020#12,142 (7)——
2019#10,473 (9)——
2018#10,545 (9)——
2016#11,781 (8)——
2015#8,447 (13)——
2013#10,235 (10)——
2012#12,199 (8)#5,876 (3)—
2011#13,347 (7)——
2009#9,379 (12)#5,556 (3)—
2008#6,130 (22)—#3,207 (5)
2007#8,098 (15)——
2006#9,286 (12)—#2,319 (7)
2005#9,452 (11)——
2004#7,077 (16)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #2,412.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2021, 28% of US babies named Tien were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Tien is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 170,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 69,000 to 1 in 400,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TienCanadaGirls—too few
TienCanadaBoys—too few
TienEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TienEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TienNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TienUSGirls—too few
TienUSBoys#6,14314