Given name
Tya
“an aunt”·“daughter born to royalty”
Tya is a variant of Tia. Interpretations include “an aunt” and “daughter born to royalty”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tya is a variant of Tia. Interpretations include “an aunt” and “daughter born to royalty”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tya is a variant of Tia. Tia has been associated with Spanish and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 791
- 0 boys · 791 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 714 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.