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Tina

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~264,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,778 among girls
Births in 2025
61 293,050 since 1880
Typical age
57 years, median

Tina popularity over time

Tina rank by birth year, 1880–2025Tina ranked #403 in 1880 and #2,778 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #18, in 1968.#100#1,000#2,778best #18 in 196818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1968 is the peak year for Tina, with 14,819 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 28 years put Tina in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #2,778, with 61 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 61%. It slipped 141 places against the previous year.

Babies named Tina per yearPeaks at 14,819 births in 1968.14,819 in 1968018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Tina?

An estimated 264,700 living Americans are called Tina. SSA has recorded 293,050 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Tina?

The typical living Tina is 57 years old. More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Tina a late 20th-century name.

Your Tina

Ages of living people named TinaHalf of living Tinas are older than 57 and half younger.median 57020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Tina is most common

California uses the name 1.7× as often as the country as a whole. New York and Washington follow.

Where Tina is used more than average3 states use the name Tina more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.3× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.7× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Tina is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 176 1.7×
New York 79 1.7×
Washington 23 1.3×

Tina in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Tina ranked #1,892 in 2025 on 15 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Tina comes from

Short form of Christina or of any female name ending in -tina, such as Martina or Albertina; frequently from Latin -ina

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Tina

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Tina Turner American-born Swiss singer and songwriter 1939–2023 110
Tina Maze Slovenian alpine skier 1983 51
Tina Karol Ukrainian singer, actress, television presenter 1985 48
Tina Modotti Italian photographer, activist and actress 1896–1942 36
Tina Trstenjak Slovenian judoka 1990 36
Tina Aumont French actress 1946–2006 34
Tina Weirather Liechtensteiner alpine skier 1989 32
Tina Majorino American actress 1985 30
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,236 in 1954 to 3,282 in 1955 — 2.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Tina

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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