How rare is the name Tien?

8,223 people in the United States have the first name Tien, about 1 in 36,730. It ranks #2,812 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TIEN

#2,812

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,223
About
1 in 36,730
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,223 people named Tien, 95.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.4% as White and 1.3% as two or more races. 56.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tien peaked in 1992, when 57 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
57
In 2025*
14 ▼75%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 1,320 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Tien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,021. The largest share of babies named Tien, 40.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#11,26257
1980s#5,021284
1990s#5,254369
2000s#7,263321
2010s#10,051217
2020s#14,40572
Generation X 1965–806.1%
Millennials 1981–9640.5%
Generation Z 1997–1237.2%
2013 and later16.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Tien

#2,809 Maegan · 8,232#2,811 Jessi · 8,230#2,813 Lucian · 8,220#2,814 Daxton · 8,218

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tien, most common first.

#4,325 Tin · 4,377#6,117 Tian · 2,662#23,382 Tion · 419#39,783 Tiena · 189#42,623 Tiem · 168

Also a last name

As a last name, Tien ranks #13,468 of 156,621, with 2,161 people. See Tien as a last name

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