Tierra

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
#320
1993 · 826 births
Debut · girls
1964
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,941
since 1964

Tierra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tierra has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #320, 1993girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#5,55422—
2024#4,56030—
2023#5,96020—
2022#5,17225—
2021#5,09125—
2020#5,48722—
2019#3,71840—
2018#3,39646—
2017#4,38432—
2016#2,86659—
2015#2,96458—
2014#3,22650—
2013#2,38576—
2012#2,59769—
2011#2,32680—
2010#2,01099—
2009#2,041100—
2008#1,495156—
2007#1,239200—
2006#1,133218—
2005#1,085219—
2004#1,065217—
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1993#320826—
1992#349747#8,4355
1991#359714—
1990#352756#4,67311
1989#334759#3,44616
1988#360678—
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1984#563328—
1983#608289—
1982#676260#3,69211
1981#542344#1,99627
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1979#2,62134—
1978#2,57233—
1977#3,36622—
1976#3,09523—
1975#3,77417—
1974#4,45913—
1973#3,97115—
1972#5,9598—
1971#4,12314—
1970#5,06110—
1969#6,6176—
1968#7,0165—
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five girls were named Tierra! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tierra is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedINOhio: #939 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,219 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,556 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 19,300 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tierra, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#939 · 1 in 12,219
  2. California#1,556 · 1 in 19,300

Best ever in a state: #59 in District of Columbia, 1989.

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California#1,55691 in 19,300
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See more about Tierra
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 994 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #5,554)
  • 67 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #5,554)
  • 2,590 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 1,800 spots in 1981 (#2,342 → #542)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 2003 (#712 → #892)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 1993 at #320 (826 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1981–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,190
  • Highest: 1 in 2,190 girls born in 1993 were named Tierra (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 48.0% of all girls named Tierra (7,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s21#6,564 (1966)#6,741
1970s189#2,572 (1978)#3,900
1980s4,198#334 (1989)#674
1990s7,174#320 (1993)#373
2000s2,606#534 (2000)#1,084
2010s609#2,010 (2010)#2,987
2020s144#4,560 (2024)#5,304

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tierra in 1980

girls
#2,342
41 births · 1 in 40,495 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #2,342Tierra41
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 40,495 of them was named Tierra, which outranked 80.7% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tierra
  1. #2,308Tristan42
  2. #2,308Twanna42
  3. #2,308Zakia42
  4. #2,342Tierra41
  5. #2,342Adriene41
  6. #2,342Aneesah41
  7. #2,342Anjali41
  8. #2,391Aide40
  9. #2,391Ansley40
  10. #2,391Bevin40

Tied with 48 names at #2,342; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →